Reminds me of the whistleblower over academic fraud at Duke that received $33 million as a reward. I want these to be more widely publicized!
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706604033/duke-whistleblower-...
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706604033/duke-whistleblower-...
You can do that?!?
'"In many meritorious cases, the government decides to 'intervene' at that stage of the proceedings, basically taking over the lead of the case," lawyers for Thomas said. "But here, that never happened. This left Mr. Thomas and his lawyers at the point of the spear – going against a venerated academic institution with enormous resources."
Thomas' attorneys, from the law firms Gentry Locke; Healy Hafemann Magee & Thomas; and Brooks Pierce, said that in the fallout from the case, Joseph Thomas was "vilified and suffered substantial personal hardships as he found himself out of work for over a year."'