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IRS resists using whistleblowers
Whistleblower disclosures have helped the federal government make some of its biggest recoveries from fraudsters. In the Obama administration alone,...
Whistleblower Leyla Wydler suffered to bring Stanford to justice
Yesterday's conviction of Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford generated much news. Most of the coverage, however, is missing the role of...
FBI’s PSA Excludes Key Information for Whistleblowers
This week, the FBI released a public service announcement by actor Michael Douglas encouraging the public to report financial fraud....
No SOX protection for contractor’s employees, First Circuit majority says
On February 3, 2012, two judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit dismissed the SOX...
NWC amicus brief urges broad protection under SOX
Yesterday, the National Whistleblowers Center filed an amicus, or friend of the court, brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Whistleblowers Risked Careers for Mortgage Settlement
Federal and state officials have announced a $25 billion settlement with the America's five largest mortgage servicers, an agreement that...
New IRS regulation is no help to whistleblowers
On January 23, 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a final regulation that reflects a 1996 law making payments...
OSHA sides with former pilot who blew the whistle at AirTran Airways
Last week, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered AirTran Airways to reinstate a whistleblower pilot...
NLRB agrees that employees cannot waive right to class actions
This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a major decision holding that employees have an inalienable right to...
ARB limits SOX protections outside the US
By a 3-2 vote on a major case, the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has limited the application...
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