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Tabetha Wallace and Tyrel Ventura are joined by Brian Mahany, author of the book “Saints, Sinners & Heroes.” Joins us from LA to talk about his work blowing the whistle on corporations.

The breach at Yahoo (YHOO) is likely the largest hacking incident to date to occur, as the company confirmed last week that it affected 500 million users in 2014, but other infiltrations have remained under the radar.
When companies are breached, they are required by the SEC and state regulatory agencies to disclose the incident, but the rules are vague and fraught with loopholes. Each state has its own notification requirements while the SEC says the hacking incidents need to be...

Failure to report cyberattacks among Department of Defense (DOD) contractors and subcontractors means big whistleblower opportunities for IT professionals and other defense contractor employees. Cyber hacking and cybersecurity breaches are widespread, and a whole new category of cyber whistleblower claims are cropping up around them under the federal False Claims Act.
Cybercrime Could Cost U.S. Companies $2 Trillion by 2019 Cybercrime cost U.S. companies approximately $500 billion in...

Financial institutions who fail to secure computer networks and sensitive customer information from cyber attacks are presenting huge whistleblower opportunities for IT professionals and other bank and investment firm employees. Failure to report weak cybersecurity systems and cyberhacks continue to pose a problem for U.S. banks, and whistleblowers are in prime position to collect big cash awards for their inside knowledge.
Cybercrime Estimated To Cost Global Economy over $500 Billion...

Brian Mahany is a nationally known attorney.  Through the help of whistle blowers, he has exposed wrongdoings on several layers.
Find out what it's like to get the wrongdoers to pay up, especially when it's the government and some of the giant corporations we're talking about...

Attorney Brian Mahany presents his new book: "Saints, Sinners & Heroes: Covert Ops in the War against the C-Suite Mafia"

Episode Overview: Dr. Nandi invites a patient, pharmacist, lawyer and legislator to explain the inflated costs of pharmaceuticals. Americans spent a record 374 BILLION dollars on pharmaceuticals in 2014. On average every American pays $1,000 per person, per year on pharmaceuticals. The amount of families who have spent more on prescriptions in a year than the average household income in the United States has jumped 63 percent since 2013. A shocking one in five U.S. adults do not fill their...

Mahany, a former New Orleans cop who became a prosecutor and took on the Uber class-action lawsuit. Mahany represents drivers who allege they are being ripped off by Uber Technologies, Inc., - a multinational online transportation company.
“The public face of Uber is very different than what many of the drivers report,” Mahany said. In a steady stream of legal action being taken across the nation, Uber drivers allege a double standard under which they are expected to perform...

Uber's slippery slope (French)

A former Milwaukee Uber driver is suing the company over the amount of money he's making working for the ride sharing service. Lamont Lathan says Uber owes him overtime and tips.
Brian Mahany represents Lathan in the lawsuit. He says after talking to hundred of other drivers, his client has a legitimate case.
"When Uber started, drivers were making more money."
Mahany says there are a few factors to take into account with this case.
"One, there's an over saturation of...