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The Washington Examiner reports that Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., will investigate whether  a letter to the House Financial Services subcommittee constituted interference with congressional oversight or an attempt to intimidate future witnesses appearing before the panel. The letter that sparked the investigation came...

Ruling Protecting Testimony Before Federal Grand Juries Will Have Widespread Impact On Fraud Investigations Washington, D.C. June 19, 2014. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark whistleblower decision in the case of Lane v. Franks.  The Court held that truthful...

Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden issued the following press statement today in regard to the National Intelligence Agency’s plans to implement continuous monitoring of security clearance holders and it's impact on whistleblowers who communicate with members of Congress: Grassley,...

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced its first settlement of a Whistleblower Retaliation case under the new anti-retaliation authority granted by the 2010 financial overhaul law. A Commission rule was adopted in 2011 under the Dodd-Frank Act authorized the SEC...

The National Whistleblower Center issued the following Action Alert today: Action Alert: Urge Treasury Department to Withdraw Proposed Rule Urgent Action needed! The Department of Treasury is poised to approve a final rule that will have a devastating impact on...

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower post Notices of Covered Action where a final judgment or order, by itself or together with other prior judgments or orders in the same action issued after July 21, 2010, results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1...

The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board is designated to issues final agency decisions under a number of laws, many of which include whistleblower provisions. The following links take you to the most recent decisions of the Office of Administrative...

The NWC  releases today an extensive commentary that was written by myself and Steve Kohn (with a huge assist from Felipe Bohnet-Gomez) regarding the Treasury Department’s IRS whistleblower reward regs – specifically on the issue of the Treasury’s narrow interpretation...

By Dean Zerbe, Advisor to NWC and Attorney at Zerbe, Fingeret, Frank & Jadav. Dean Zerbe Tax Court in a recent decision – “Whistleblower 10949-13W v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue” – TC Memo 2014-106 (June 4, 2014) made an important...

Stephen Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center, joined Chuck Todd to discuss Brian Williams’ extensive interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and the various legal challenges that the former NSA contractor faces. Click link below to watch the...