Will I Be Protected as a Whistleblower?
People are often worried before bringing a whistleblower or a qui tam action that they might lose their job, and that’s often a deterrent for people who have information about their employer stealing from the government. Fortunately, there are protections in the law so that you don’t lose your job for doing this. The first of which is that your case can be filed under seal. If you go to a lawyer, the lawyer will help you put together the case and then we would file it under seal so that you don’t have to be exposed to your employer right away.
With that in mind, though, you can’t just make a claim to your boss that they’re doing something wrong and then expect not to get fired and have legal recourse. There’s recent U.S. Supreme Court cases that say you have to take the proper actions, through lawyers likes us at Plattner Verderame, to go to the government to make a claim to have the protections of the law. If you do know of your employer or another company who’s stealing from the government and you can prove it, please visit our website and give us a call, 602-266-2002. Plattner Verderame, P.C. is based in Phoenix, and represents qui tam clients throughout Arizona.
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