The Department of Labor Has Opened a Full Federal Retaliation Case, And It Changes Everything.

On November 14, 2025, the United States Department of Labor officially opened my Taxpayer First Act whistleblower retaliation case. This is no longer an OSHA review or a misunderstanding. This is a federal judge inside the Office of Administrative Law Judges taking jurisdiction over a case that involves IRS filings, shell company structures, ongoing retaliation, and a parallel federal lawsuit.

This moment is one of the most important turning points in the entire investigation.

The IRS Filings Were Real and They Triggered Federal Protection

My protected activity was not a firing in 2024.

It was not a wage complaint.

It was not anything about DRVM as an employer.

The real protected activity happened on April 28th, 2025, when the IRS issued formal whistleblower claim numbers to Sanofi, Chattem, and Quten Research Institute. Once the IRS acknowledged the structure I reported, the retaliation began.

Not before the firing.

Not during the employment.

After the IRS filings.

That is the legal trigger for the Taxpayer First Act and that is why my case is now with a federal judge.

OSHA Misunderstood the Case, but the ALJ Did Not

OSHA originally evaluated my claim as if it were a standard employer termination case. They looked at the wrong timeline, the wrong entity, and the wrong protected activity. They treated a dissolved shell company as the employer and ignored that the entities who received IRS claim numbers were the real parties involved.

When I filed my Objection and laid out the timeline, the shell structure, the retaliation inside arbitration, the retaliation inside federal court, the IRS claim numbers, and the correct legal standard, the ALJ saw the issue immediately.

The case was docketed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge. That only happens when the appeal is legally valid and serious enough to deserve a full formal hearing.

What This Forum Actually Is

An Administrative Law Judge hearing is a real federal discovery proceeding. It moves faster than federal court and it forces both sides into transparency. It is not an investigation. It is not a conference. It is not mediation.

It is a discovery trial inside the executive branch of the federal government.

The ALJ has the power to order document production, compel witnesses, take sworn testimony, and require each party to reveal the facts behind their claims and defenses. The ALJ can identify who made the retaliatory decisions, who authorized certain filings, and how those actions connect to the IRS disclosures.

This process does not take years.

It begins immediately.

A Faster Track Than Federal Court

The federal civil case is already underway, but federal court timelines move slowly. The ALJ process moves fast by design. Both sides must make initial disclosures within twenty one days. They must identify witnesses and documents. They must reveal their factual positions. They cannot hide behind procedure or delay tactics.

This creates a powerful situation.

While the federal judge reviews the motions to dismiss, the ALJ is pushing the respondents into discovery right now. Two separate parts of the federal government are examining the same structure at the same time. The civil court is looking at the fraud. The ALJ is looking at the retaliation.

The pressure on the respondents increases from two different directions.

Why It Matters for the Federal Case

The retaliation did not happen in one place. It happened inside arbitration, inside federal filings, inside procedural tactics, and through attempts to discredit me publicly. All of that happened after the IRS claim numbers and all of it is now within the jurisdiction of a federal whistleblower judge.

The ALJ can determine who authorized the retaliation.

This includes any decisions made inside the federal case.

If the same actors are behind both the shell structure and the retaliatory conduct, the ALJ will see it. The federal judge will see it. The timeline will line up in two federal forums at once.

The truth cannot survive in two systems under discovery at the same time.

The Shell Structure Is No Longer Just an Allegation

For almost a year I have shown that DRVM, AMJ Services, Quten, Chattem, and Sanofi are part of a layered structure using dissolved and reactivated entities, shared addresses, and trust based filings. Some people doubted it. Some people ignored it. Some people said it was impossible.

But now the federal government has opened a case that requires the respondents to disclose witnesses, documents, and factual bases for their defenses. The structure is now part of a federal retaliation case and can no longer be minimized.

Sanofi, Chattem, and Quten are tied to the IRS claim numbers.

DRVM was a dissolved pass through.

The ALJ will see the full picture.

Two Federal Tracks at Once

Right now, two different federal judges are examining the same story from two directions.

The federal civil court is evaluating the fraud, concealment, arbitration misconduct, and corporate structure.

The Department of Labor is evaluating the retaliation that followed the IRS filings.

This does not happen often.

This Is the Beginning of the Reckoning

From the IRS filings, to federal court, to arbitration, to the DOL hearing, every part of this structure has been touched by a federal authority. One process shows how the structure operates. The other process shows how the structure responded once exposed.

The ALJ’s docketing of this case is the moment where the system finally recognizes the scale of what this really is. A multilayered corporate structure. A federal whistleblower filing. A pattern of retaliation. And a pro se whistleblower who is litigating the entire case himself.

No Kings.

Not in corporate structures.

Not in federal court.

Not in the systems that try to suppress the truth.