“The Garcetti Virus” and an erosion of whistleblower’s rights
In Nancy M. Modesitt’s recent research article “The Garcetti Virus,” she explains how a doctrine known as the job duties ...
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DC high court says there is no “safe harbor” for retaliation
In a long-awaited ground-breaking decision, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals today held that an employer engages in unlawful ...
Supreme Court ducks conflict on Garcetti
This morning, the Supreme Court declined to hear two cases that raise a conflict among the circuits about whether the ...
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 ...
Major Victory for Whistleblowers in Seventh Circuit Says Retaliation is a RICO Violation
In a landmark ruling in favor of corporate whistleblowers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit gave the ...
Whistleblowers Handbook, Second Edition, is released today
The NWC is proud to announce the release of the second edition of The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to ...
Supreme Court protects whistleblower’s family from retaliation
Today the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that prohibits employers from retaliating against a whistleblower's family members or other ...
Obama Signs Landmark Whistleblower Protections in Food Safety Act
Today, President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 2571), which contains landmark whistleblower protections for food safety ...
Amicus briefs address OSHA complaints and protected activity
My colleague, Stephen M. Kohn (Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center) and I spent New Year's Eve racing the ...
Food safety bill will create new whistleblower protection; our patchwork has one less hole
Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), S. 510. It passed with strong bipartisan support. ...
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