January 03, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Washington federal judge Thursday that it would not litigate for a third time its case alleging the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight illegally paid a government economist for his role in an oil royalties whistleblower suit, following a mistrial last month.
December 07, 2012
Prosecutors told a Washington federal jury Friday that the nonprofit group Project on Government Oversight illegally paid a U.S. Department of the Interior senior economist for his government work that helped settle an oil royalties-related qui tam suit.