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Yesterday, the Christian Science Monitor released a story about the rewards available to corporate whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Act. Correspondent G. Jeffrey MacDonald writes that, "Whistle-blowing is about to get more profitable." He quotes Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of...

Today we mourn the passing of attorney Leonard I. Weinglass who died yesterday on his 78th birthday. Weinglass defended Anthony Russo, Daniel Ellsberg's co-defendant in the Pentagon Papers case. The 1973 case ended with the dismissal of all charges on...

Today the Supreme Court held that workers who make oral complaints about wage and hour violations are protected from retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Court says that oral complaints are "filed" and that workers who make...

During this week's trip to Latin America, President Barack Obama has hit on a theme about the universal nature of human rights. Here is a paragraph from his speech on Sunday in Brazil: But we also know that there’s certain...

The provision will give the "head of each intelligence agency broad discretionary power to decide what a 'leak' is - which could be defined as complaints about waste, fraud and abuse - or even risks to public safety."

On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado, issued a decision that reaffirms the rights of union members to sue under federal law. The issue most frequently affects the right of...

National Security Counselors (NSC), an Arlington, Virginia-based public interest group, has filed three lawsuits against the CIA about how the agency handles and interprets document requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

An anonymous Wall Street banker has received a reward of $1.1 million for reporting a massive tax fraud by Enron, Bankers Trust and others. Attorney Erika A. Kelton of Phillips and Cohen announced the reward to her client yesterday. It...

The Big Uneasy is a new feature documentary movie by Harry Shearer. It responds to those (including President Obama) who say that New Orleans was the victim of a terrible natural disaster. That response:  No. New Orleans could have handled...

"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." These words are enshrined in our Bill of Rights in the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. They apply to every American. They apply...