Katrina Harper, a former Caldwell County jailer, filed a federal lawsuit in Austin's U.S. District Court against her former employer.  

In May 2009, Harper says she was working the night shift when she witnessed two of the county jail employees engaging in sexual activities.  Harper immediately went to her supervisor and told them what she had seen.  Harper was sent home early that day and two days later was written up for reporting what her supervisor's believed the be a false incident.  She was later demoted to officer from her position as corporal.  

Just months later, Harper received a letter from her employer asking her to disclose information about her ADD disorder.  After sending in the appropriate documentation, Harper was terminated a day later for supposedly not disclosing her medical history in her employment application.  Harper believes that the County is using her medical disability as an excuse to cover up their discrimination.   

If you or someone you know has been punished for whistleblowing, contact the Houston whistleblower protection attorneys of Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 to learn more about your rights. 

In 2009, two Texas nurses, Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle, sent an anonymous letter to state regulators about their concerns over Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles Jr.'s practices.  The two claimed that the doctor did not maintain proper medical records, used poor medical judgement, and provided poor medical treatment to patients.

Arafiles investigated who sent the letter and charged the women with misuse of information.  Charges against Galle were dropped, and Mitchell was acquitted in February.  Still, the women have been unable to find work since the incident.   

Recently, the women reached a settlement of $750,000 in their suit against the doctor and Winkler County officials for being fired and charged after filing their complaint.

If you or someone you know has been terminated or suffered for speaking up about legal violations, contact the Houston whistleblower protection attorneys of Ross Law Group at 713-482-6910 to learn more about your rights. 

Many organizations implement a system of internal controls to prevent fraud. However, these controls often contain deficiencies that miss certain frauds.

To compensate for these deficiencies, companies partially rely on their employees to detect fraud. For this reason, companies implement whistleblower procedures so that employees can report the fraud to the proper authority and not fear punishment. 

If you suspect fraud in your company and have questions about your whistleblower protections, contact the Houston employment lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042. 

Most companies are required to have procedures for reporting abuse, fraud, or corruption. These procedures are typically known as whistleblower procedures.

These procedures usually serve a dual purpose. On the one hand, they provide a reliable means for the company to learn of fraud from its employees. This is useful because many cases of fraud can only be detected on the employee level. 

On the other hand, these procedures typically proivde a safe way for employees to report abuse. In many cases, employees do not report fraud because they believe that such a report might cost them their jobs. Whistleblower procedures often protect against firings for reporting an alleged fraud. 

If you or anyone you know has been fired because of reporting a fraud, contact the Houston employment attorneys of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042. 

A former employee of the NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit agasint the football labor union Monday. Mary Moran was alledgedly an informant for the Labor Department and gave investigators evidence of illegal labor negotiations between the NFL and the union. 

Moran alledges that she was wrongly terminated for providing this evidence. On the other hand, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, who also alledgedly participated in the meetings, denied that the two sides took part in illegal meetings. 

If you have been fired for alleging that your employer was engaging in illegal actions, contact the Houston whistleblower protection lawyers of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042.

Stanford financial adviser Leyla Wydler of Houston received a standing ovation from hundreds of Stanford investors after testifying against her bosses, as part of an $8 billion fraud case against Stanford and other investors. 

Wydler approached her bosses last year with worries about the safety of CDs the company was selling to clients. When Wydler persisted, she was fired from her job. After the firing she took her case to various securities regulators, including the SEC. 

She testified Monday in a Baton Rouge court, where losses by Louisiana investors are estimated at about $1 billion.

If you or anyone you know has been wronfully terminated for whistleblowing, contact the Houston employment attorneys of the Ross Law Group at 800-634-8042.