Archive for May 03, 2006

Whistleblower protection granted to government doctors

A decision by the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board to grant whistleblower protections to government doctors is good news to the thousands of federal doctors and medical researchers who work on government research, medical work and safety reviews.

Kansas City man admits to securities fraud

In what is becoming daily news, another businessman has pled guilty to selling unregistered securities and a list of other fraudulent activities.

Sarbanes-Oxley reaps larger securities fraud payouts

The Sarbanes-Oxley Reform Act has been cited as one of several reasons why securities litigation settlements have more than doubled in 2005. And, while the amount of such cases fell to its lowest level in the past nine years, the payouts from pending cases are rising steadily.

Several Southern California surgical patients at risk due to unsterilized equipment

Scripps Hospital La Jolla recently announced that a hospital nurse has been improperly sterilizing equipment used during gastric bypass surgery.