In a report published on October 29, the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director James Reilly retaliated against a USGS whistleblower. Reilly reassigned the whistleblower after the whistleblower filed...
On October 28, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about the liability of big tech companies in bad behavior occurring on their sites. Among other tech executives, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg provided testimony and answered questions from Senators. ...
On October 29, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of over $10 million. The whistleblower’s disclosure led to the opening of an SEC investigation and the whistleblower subsequently provided ongoing assistance to the investigation. "After...
The last of seven aides who worked in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has resigned, according to an article from The Texas Tribune. On October 28, Ryan Bangert, who worked as the agency’s deputy first assistant attorney general since 2019, told The...
On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved Assembly Bill 1947 (AB 1947). The new legislation amends provisions of California’s Labor Code related to whistleblower retaliation cases. The pro-whistleblower bill extends the deadline for a whistleblower to file a retaliation...
A manufacturing facility worker in New Jersey was fired for refusing to work in conditions that lacked safety measures for protecting workers from COVID-19, according to an October 23 Kaiser Health News article. Charles Collins took safety precautions early in the...
On October 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $114 million whistleblower award, by far the largest whistleblower award in SEC history. Notably, this award came almost one month to the day after the SEC approved a...
*Update: Edward Snowden Seeking Dual U.S.-Russian Citizenship* On October 22, the Russian government granted American whistleblower Edward Snowden an open-ended residence permit, according to Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. The permit gives Snowden permanent residency rights, allowing him to avoid...
A former senior official who worked at the Texas attorney general’s office said that a second whistleblower has been fired after reporting Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General, to law enforcement “for crimes including bribery and abuse of office,” according...
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered a transportation company based in Jacksonville, Florida to reinstate and pay back wages to an employee who was terminated for reporting safety violations and “an on-the-job...
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