HairGenics falsely claimed its hair loss pills were safe and clinically proven, a new class action lawsuit claims. - Claim Depot
HairGenics falsely claimed its hair loss pills were safe and clinically proven, a new class action lawsuit claims.
orders ExxonMobil to reinstate terminated employees suspected of leaking information to Wall Street Journal | U.S. Department of Labor - US Department of Labor
IRVING, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered ExxonMobil Corp. to immediately reinstate two employees and pay them more than $800,000 in back wages, interest and compensatory damages. A federal whistleblower investigation found the company terminated them illegally after suspecting them of leaking information to the Wall Street Journal.
In September 2020, the Wall Street Journal alleged the global oil-and-gas company may have inflated production estimates and the reported value of oil and gas wells in the Texas Permian Basin. The newspaper reported ExxonMobil’s assumption that drilling speed would increase substantially in the next five years may have been inaccurate. These assumptions were included in company filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2019.
OSHA’s investigation found ExxonMobil fired two computational scientists who raised concerns about the company’s use of the assumptions in late 2020. The company claimed it terminated one of the scientists for mishandling proprietary company information and the second for having a “negative attitude,” looking for other jobs, and losing the confidence of company management.
OSHA learned that ExxonMobil knew that one of the scientists was a relative of a source quoted in the Wall Street Journal article and had access to the leaked information. The investigation determined that the communication with the newspaper, related to alleged company violations,...
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