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NWC joins with NELA and GAP for ARB amicus on SOX subsidiary coverage
In April, I wrote here about the request of the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) for amicus (friend...
Jamaica encounters opposition to whistleblower bill
The Jamaica Gleaner News is reporting that parliamentarians pushing a new whistleblower protection are facing opposition. The majority's latest draft...
ALI proposes a duty of loyalty threatening to whistleblowers
The American Law Institute (ALI) is a private organization of establishment lawyers and law professors that seeks to influence the...
Vote on whistleblower protection becomes a campaign issue
Richie Robb was West Virginia's longest serving mayor (of South Charleston) when he left that office in 2007. He was...
House Holds Hearing on Protecting America’s Workers Act
On Workers Memorial Day and the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Workforce...
Wisconsin Senate passes shield law
The Wisconsin Senate yesterday passed a "Shield Law" that would protect journalists and their confidential sources. The bill now goes...
Malaysia passes limited whistleblower protection
The Star of Penang, Malaysia, reports that parliament there has passed a new Whistleblower Protection Bill. Unfortunately, the bill only...
Health Care Bill Enhances Whistleblower Protections
As part of the anti-fraud provisions of the health care legislation passed yesterday, Congress strengthened the False Claims Act -...
Truthout reports WPEA being “hotlined”
The independent journalism website, truthout.org, is reporting that the Senate is set to "hotline" the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA),...
Australia considers national security whistleblowing
The Australian Law Reform Commission recommended that national security whistleblowers should face criminal sanctions only when their disclosures, "damage national...
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