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The whistleblower lawsuits discussed in this section were brought against: </p> <ul> <li><a href="#trw">TRW Inc.</a> <br> <li><a href="#tel">Teledyne Systems Co.</a> <br> <li><a href="#fmc">FMC Corp.</a> <br> <li><a href="#hug">Hughes Aircraft</a><br> <li><a href="#tel2">Teledyne Inc. (Relays Division)</a><br> <li><a href="#rock">Rockwell International and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory </a><br> <li><a href="#ge">General Electric Co. Inc. </a><br> <li><a href="#sing">Singer Co.</a> <br> </ul> <p><a name="trw"></a><b>TRW Inc.:</b> <i>The Justice Department joined in February 1998 a whistleblower lawsuit that charged the company's space and technology division with falsely billing the government for overhead. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Government joins whistleblower suit charging TRW with accounting fraud," <i>Federal Contracts Report</i>, 2/23/98. <li>"Justice joins lawsuit accusing TRW of fraud," Tim Smart, <i>The Washington Post</i>, 2/20/98. <li>"Civil fraud lawsuit against TRW Inc. over space contracts is joined by U.S.," Andy Pasztor, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 2/20/98. <li>"Justice Dept. to join suit against TRW," Andrew Pollack, <i>The New York Times</i>, 2/20/98. <li>"Whistle-blowers lawsuit alleges<b> </b>TRW unit defrauded government," Elizabeth Douglass, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 2/20/98. <li>"Lawsuit accuses TRW of fraud," Marcus Gleisser, <i>Plain Dealer</i>, 2/20/98. <li>"Suit charges TRW defrauded government on space contracts," Vago Muradian, <i>Defense Daily</i>, 2/20/98. </ul> <p><a name="tel"></a><b>Teledyne Systems Co.:</b> <i>The company, now part of Allegheny Teledyne Inc., paid $13.95 million in November 1997 to settle a case involving issues as to whether Teledyne was properly allocating, between the government and commercial customers, indirect costs relating to calibration services.</i> </p> <ul> <li>"Teledyne units settle 95 suit for $14 million," Karen Kaplan, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 11/13/97. <li>"Teledyne ponies up, settles suit," Len Boselovic,<i> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i>, 11/13/97. <li>"Allegheny Teledyne to pay up," Deborah Adamson, <i>Daily News</i>, 11/13/97. </ul> <p><a name="fmc"></a><b>FMC Corp.:</b><i> The company agreed to pay more than $13 million in October 1996 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that it had inflated its research costs under a Pentagon contract to build the Bradley combat vehicle and the M-113 tank. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Whistleblowing hits chord; former FMC Corp. employee to receive $2.86 million in settlement," Vincent J. Schodolski, <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, 10/23/96. <li>"FMC to pay $13m settlement," Barbara Starr, <i>Janes Defence Weekly</i>, 10/16/96. <li>"FMC to pay $13 million in whistleblower settlement," <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 10/9/96. <li>"FMC Corp. settles governments suit on overpricing," Andy Pasztor, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 10/9/96. <li>"FMC to pay U.S. in Army contract dispute," <i>New York Times</i>, 10/9/96. <li>"Defense contractor FMC to pay U.S. $13 million," Seth Rosenfeld, <i>San Francisco Examiner</i>, 10/9/96. <li>"S.J. defense firm to pay $13 million," Harriet Chiang, <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, 10/9/96. <li>"FMC pays $13 million to settle U.S. claims," <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>, 10/9/96. <li>"FMC to pay U.S. over suit," Janet Rae-Dupree, <i>San Jose Mercury News</i>, 10/9/96. </ul> <p><a name="hug"></a><b>Hughes Aircraft:</b> <i>Hughes paid $4.5 million in Sept. 1996 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing it of falsifying quality-control tests of electronic parts used in various weapons. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Hughes Aircraft pays $4.5 million to settle false-testing lawsuit," Andy Pasztor, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 9/11/96. <li>"Two Hughes whistle-blowers to split $891,000," Henry Weinstein, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 9/11/96. <li>"Hughes whistle-blowers share $891,000 from suit," Andre Mouchard, <i>The Orange County Register</i>, 9/11/96. <li>"Hughes pays $4 million to settle 1990 whistleblower suit," Vago Muradian, <i>Defense Daily</i>, 9/11/96. <li>"Hughes to pay U.S. $4.05 million to settle lawsuit," Dori Meinert, <i>San Diego Union-Tribune</i>, 9/11/96. </ul> <p><a name="tel2"></a><b>Teledyne:</b><i> Teledyne Inc. paid $88 million in April 1994 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that charged its Relays Division had falsely certified test results on certain sensitive electromagnetic parts that are used in an array of weapons systems. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Teledyne to pay $112 million in two whistle-blower suits," Ralph Vartabedian, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 4/22/94. <li>"Pentagon's contract ban for Teledyne; relays unit admits to faking test results," <i>New York Times,</i> 4/14/93. <li>"Teledyne pleads guilty to charges it falsified tests," Jeff Cole, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 11/10/92. <li>"Teledyne, official accused of fraud; settlement offered," Ron Russell, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 10/3/92. <li>Maker is accused of faulty tests on parts for missiles and aircraft," Richard Stevenson, <i>The New York Times</i>, 4/23/92. <li>"U.S. joins suit alleging Teledyne falsified tests," Henry Weinstein,<i> Los Angeles Times</i>, 4/23/92. <li>"U.S. joins suit over Teledyne's testing results," Jeff Cole, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 4/23/92. <li>"Justice Dept. joins fraud suit against Teledyne," Steven Pearlstein, <i>The Washington Post</i>, 4/23/92. </ul> <p><b>Teledyne: </b><i>Teledyne Inc. paid $27.5 million in April 1994 to settle another whistleblower lawsuit that accused the company of padding estimates on sole source contracts. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Teledyne to pay $112 million in two whistle-blower suits," Ralph Vartabedian, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 4/22/94. <li>"Justice Dept. joins Teledyne suit filed by whistle-blower," Ralph Vartabedian, <i>Los Angeles Times,</i> 11/29/90. <li>"Teledyne target of whistle-blower suit," Russ Britt, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 10/29/90. <li>"Teledyne official accused of fraud; settlement offered," Ron Russel, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 10/3/92. <li>"U.S. joins lawsuit by whistle-blower against Teledyne" <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 10/29/90. </ul> <p><a name="rock"></a><b>Rockwell International Co. and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:</b><i> Rockwell and the lab paid $450,000 in July 1993 to settle a False Claims Act case brought by a former employee. The lawsuit charged that Rockwell improperly charged the government for materials and employees used to build and design expensive trinkets and other items that were given to officials at Lawrence Livermore and others.</i> </p> <ul> <li>"Justice Dept. joins Teledyne suit filed by whistleblower," Ralph Vartabedian, <i>Los Angeles Times,</i> 11/29/90. <li>"A whistleblower's tale," Allan Parachini, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 11/27/87. <li>"Medals, plaques, trinkets: souvenirs of a busy shop," Allan Parachini, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 11/27/87. </ul> <p><a name="ge"></a><b>General Electric Co. Inc.:</b> <i>GE paid $59.5 million in July 1992 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged GE executives and an Israeli general conspired to divert U.S. military aid money intended for the Israeli Air Force. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Portrait of a whistleblower," Liz Doup,<i> The Miami Herald</i>, 1/17/93. <li>"GE whistleblower receives record $13.4 million award," John Mintz, <i>The Washington Post</i>, 12/5/92. <li>"Whistleblower in GE scandal gets $13 million," Jonathan Peterson, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, 12/5/92. <li>"GE whistleblower is awarded $13.4 million," Calvin Sims, <i>The New York Times</i>, 12/5/92. <li>"Whistleblower gets $13 million award," Gary Rhodes, <i>The Washington Post</i>, 12/5/92. <li>"Federal judge awards ex-GE staffer record amount in whistleblower case," Amal Kumar Naj,<i> The Wall Street Journal</i>, 12/7/92. <li>"GE guilty plea in U.S. aid to Israel," Richard W. Stevenson, <i>The New York Times</i>, 7/23/92. <li>"General Electric pleads guilty, pays $69 million to settle whistleblower suit," Amal Kumar Naj, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 7/23/92. <li>"GEs drive to purge fraud is hampered by workers mistrust," Amal Kumar Naj,<i> The Wall Street Journal</i>, 7/23/92. <li>"GE threatens to fire, sue worker who told of Israeli scheme," Steven Pearlstein, <i>The Washington Post</i>, 3/18/92. <li>"U.S. accuses GE of fraud in Israeli deal," Richard Stevenson, <i>The New York Times</i>, 8/15/91. <li>"U.S. joins suit against General Electric officials," Amal Kumar Naj, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 8/15/91. <li>"U.S. broadens fraud action against GE," Amal Kumar Naj, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 3/17/91. </ul> <p><a name="sing"></a><b>Singer Co.:</b> <i>Singer and CAE Inc. paid $50 million in September 1991 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that charged Singers Link Flight Simulation Division (later sold to CAE) routinely and systematically submitted false cost and pricing data to the Department of Defense on sole-source fixed-price, negotiated contracts. </i></p> <ul> <li>"Whistleblower collects $7.5 million for his tip," Richard W. Stevenson, <i>The New York Times</i>, 7/19/92. <li>"U.S. judge orders $7.5 million award to whistleblower," Richard W. Stevenson, <i>The New York Times</i>, 7/15/92. <li>"Fraud suit is settled for $55.5 million," Henry Weinstein,<i> Los Angeles Times</i>, 7/15/92. <li>"Singer Corp. successor firm is expected to be charged in Pentagon fraud case," Andy Pasztor, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 7/9/92. <li>"Singer case whistleblower says decision was difficult," James Hirsch, <i>The New York Times</i>, 3/16/89. <li>"U.S. sues singer on contracts," Jeff Gerth, <i>The New York Times</i>, 3/15/89. <li>"U.S. joins lawsuit against Singer Co. over job claims," Laurie P. Cohen, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, 3/15/89. </ul> <p><br> <br> <br> </p> <center> <p><font size="1">© 1998 Phillips and Cohen. All rights reserved<br> <a href="cred_f.htm" target="_top">Credits</a></font></center> </td> </tr> </table> </body>