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lol... if they retaliate against her she gets to file another case and win even more money. I'm not sure what to make of the assassination intimation; I mean... so far as I know there's no history of corporate whistleblowers being killed or having their lives threatened physically.

Government whistleblowers, of course, is a different story.




There is a long history of intimidating people who dare speak out against corporations. Maybe not overt threats, but hard to know what is real when you are in the hot seat.

Are they just stalking you or are things going to get worse? If you are Jeffrey Wigand and some goons steal your computer, what do you do?


and for this reason, there are extremely harsh laws against whistleblower retaliation.




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