European Parliament votes to protect whistleblowers
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has adopted a resolution to protect whistleblowers. Drafted by the Assembly's Committee on...
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MSPB Fails to Protect Robert MacLean
An administrative judge at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) upheld the illegal termination of former federal air marshal Robert...
ARB says Iqbal applies to OSHA complaints
I can hardly believe I am writing this. The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has just issued a...
Swiss Banker Turned Whistleblower Ended Up With a Prison Sentence
This Sunday's Washington Post featured an article that details Bradley Birkenfeld's actions as a whistleblower, and how those actions landed...
New Article Offers In-Depth Coverage of Stroupe Case
Richard Renner recently posted discussion of BB&T bank's refusal to reinstate whistleblower Amy Stroupe. An article, appearing today on Thebigmoney.com...
OSHA head plans to improve whistleblower program
Dr. David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, made his first public remarks today about...
OSHA to PATH: no retaliation against injured employee
One of the outcomes of the 9/11 Commission was that Congress passed two whistleblower protection laws for railroad and public...
OSHA finds pilot suffered retaliation under AIR 21
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on Friday that it has found that New Jersey based air carrier...
Rhode Island council member blew whistle on bribery scheme
WPRI is reporting on its web page that a recent federal indictment of three members of the North Providence town...
Upcoming Seminar: Integrating the False Claims Act Into Your Law Practice
The False Claims Act is the most powerful federal whistleblower law. Unfortunately, attorneys and their clients often miss the opportunity...
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