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New OSC Whistleblower Policy is Already Making U.S. Mines Safer
The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) recently recognized two whistleblowers who exposed significant failures by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The whistleblowers were recommended monetary rewards for the whistleblowers, possibly the first under its new whistleblower policy, which...
Senator Grassley Stresses Commitment to Whistleblowers
On July 8, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke on the Senate Floor about his commitment to supporting whistleblowers, after he faced criticism for how he handled the disclosure of a Department of Justice (DOJ) whistleblower who alleged that judicial nominee...
DOJ Whistleblower Alleges that Justice Department Planned to Defy Court Orders
On June 24, attorneys for former Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Erez Reuveni sent Reuveni’s formal whistleblower disclosure to the DOJ Inspector General, the Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees....
Whistleblower Lawyers Stand Up to Defend Rule of Law
In an unprecedented campaign of executive retaliation, during the first months of President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration issued a string of executive orders targeting major law firms across the United States. The reason? Their clients, their causes, and...
Attempts to Silence VA Scientists Would Violate the First Amendment Says Whistleblower Attorney
On June 1, The Guardian reported that politically appointed officials of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) criticized two VA scientists for authoring a report that, according to the officials, painted the Administration in a bad light. The report, published...
Supreme Court Upholds, For Now, Trump Firing of MSPB Chair
On May 22, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay allowing for the Trump administration’s termination of Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) chair Cathy Harris to stand while her lawsuit challenging her termination works its way through the courts. The...
Paper Outlines Founding Father’s Warnings As Trump Goes After Key Whistleblower Appointees
In the first months of his second term, President Trump fired several key federal appointees crucial to the federal whistleblower protection system, including Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger and Chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) Cathy Harris. Trump’s firing...
Ruling Striking Down Trump Order Targeting Law Firm Seen as Crucial for Whistleblowers
On May 2, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling striking down President Trump’s Executive Order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie. The decision found the Executive Order unconstitutional and...
Whistleblowers in Ken Paxton Case Awarded $6.6 Million
On April 4, four whistleblowers were awarded $6.6 million in their longstanding lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The whistleblowers claimed they faced retaliation for blowing the whistle to the FBI on Paxton’s alleged misuse of power. The judgement...
504 Law Firms, Including Whistleblower Firm, File Joint Amicus Brief Sounding Alarm on Attacks on Judicial Process
On April 4, 504 leading law firms from across the country filed a joint amicus curiae brief in support of Perkins Coie’s lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against the White House’s Executive Order, “Addressing the Risks from Perkins Coie LLP.”...
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