Groups ask President Obama to pardon Birkenfeld
Leading national and international anti-corruption groups have joined the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) in a clemency campaign on behalf of...
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Burmese court sentences whistleblowers to death
A court in Rangoon, Burma, has sentenced two government employees to death for leaking information about official visits to North...
California Court of Appeals reinstates whistleblower’s claim
The California Court of Appeals for the Fourth Appellate District has ruled this week that a lower court erred, for...
Birkenfeld tells WSJ about high level cover-up
UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld told a Wall Street Journal reporter that the government's decision to send him to jail arises...
Truck safety public hearings scheduled
My friends at the Truck Safety Coalition provide the following information about public hearings on proposed new Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules....
Sullivan County, New York, adds whistleblower protection for its employees
Sullivan County, New York, has enacted a new law to protect county employees who blow the whistle, Mid-Hudson News reports. ...
As Birkenfeld reports to jail, Swiss court toughens bank secrecy
On the same day that UBS tax whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld had to report to federal prison, a Swiss court issued...
IRS Commission: UBS program brought in “billions”
Speaking on the Diane Rehm Show today, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said that the agency's amnesty program for US citizens...
Study documents federal court bias against employees
Professors Kevin Clermont and Stewart Schwab have published a study of how employees fare when they bring employment law claims...
Dennis Brutus remembered
Friends and admirers of South African poet Dennis Brutus gathered yesterday afternoon to remember him at Busboys and Poets in...
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