NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Women are leading the charge to shed light on fraud and waste that harms taxpayers, corporations, and more. The newly-launched Women Whistleblowers website features ten women who courageously came forward – and is a forum for others looking to expose and remedy fraud and injustice.
WomenWhistleblowers.com highlights ten women who persisted, going head-to-head with some of the largest corporations and organizations to change corporate behavior and public policy. Among them are Sherron Watkins, who blew the lid off the Enron scandal; Bunny Greenhouse, who testified to waste and fraud by Halliburton in its operations during the Iraq war; and Coleen Rowley, the FBI whistleblower who exposed mishandling of intelligence that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks.
For every one of the women profiled, there are dozens of other women in a position to speak out against misconduct, but may have concerns about who they can talk to and what they can say. “It’s a challenge to have your ethics and instinct clash, sometimes horribly, with the reality of what you are seeing around you. But it is noble and often empowering to step forward and do something about it,” said Rachel Geman, Editor at WomenWhistleblowers.com and Partner at the national plaintiffs’ law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein. “We hope to be in a position to assist and partner in giving voice to other courageous women who seek to combat fraud and misconduct.”
Learn more online at WomenWhistleblowers.com.
About Women Whistleblowers: Women Whistleblowers is a movement to honor and assist women who expose fraud and corruption and encourage others to stand up for gender equality. Women Whistleblowers works with the law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP who are able to represent whistleblowers who uncover fraud on the government in a wide range of False Claims Acts cases, including Medicare and healthcare fraud, defense contractor fraud, and securities and financial fraud. For more information visit WomenWhistleblowers.com.
About Rachel Geman and Lieff Cabraser: A partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office, Rachel Geman’s practice is dedicated to employment law, consumer protection, and recovering money for the government lost to fraud through False Claims Act litigation. She currently represents women in numerous pay and promotion discrimination cases against large banks and other companies; victims of consumer fraud; and whistleblowers in industries ranging from pharma to banking to medicine. Rachel can be reached at 888-321-1510.
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a seventy-attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, Nashville, and Seattle. We are among the largest law firms in the United States that only represent plaintiffs. We are driven by a strong and principled sense of social responsibility. We are committed to achieving justice for investors, consumers, employees, patients, and business owners; promoting safer products and fair competition; protecting our environment; assisting individuals blow the whistle on fraud; safeguarding the rights of patent and copyright holders; ensuring our right to privacy is preserved; and upholding the civil rights of citizens worldwide.
