DOL Tells Bank of America to Rehire Countrywide Whistle-Blower Fired in 2008 and Pay Her $930K

Ordered by the Department of Labor to rehire and pay $930,000 to a fired whistle-blower it inherited along with a lot of troubled Countrywide Financial mortgages in 2008, the Bank of America said today that it intends to appeal the DOL ruling, reports the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.). By firing her, the DOL found, the bank violated federal whistle-blower protection laws, an Associated Press...