{"id":220,"date":"2009-07-12T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/07\/whistleblower_attorneys_discus_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:49:20","slug":"whistleblower_attorneys_discus_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/whistleblower_attorneys_discus_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower Attorneys Discuss False Claims Act Amendments &amp; &#8220;The Most Pressing Issues in Representing Whistleblowers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the 20th Annual Convention of NELA, the National Employment Lawyers Association, I recently had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion of some of the country&#8217;s top &#8220;whistleblower&#8221; lawyers.  The topic was &#8220;The Most Pressing Issues in Representing Whistleblowers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joining me in this panel discussion were Richard Renner and David J. 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