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Whistleblower Law, Impact Litigation, and the Potential for Social Justice
Whistleblower Law, Impact Litigation Teddy Basham-Witherington Whistleblower Law, Impact Litigation Teddy Basham-Witherington

Whistleblower Law, Impact Litigation, and the Potential for Social Justice

Whistleblower law remains fairly limited in who it can help—protecting federal employees and employees of federal contractors or grantees. For most cases to qualify as whistleblower cases, the case must include some aspect of fraud and public funding. Therefore, if there happened to be wrongdoing by a company that was privately owned and received no public money or tax incentives, then it would be unlikely that the case could be brought under any of the whistleblower programs.  

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