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NWC Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn was Christiane Brown's guest on The Solution Zone. We encourage you to listen to the archived show.

U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock issued an order yesterday that applies a ban on arbitration agreements retroactively. Congress enacted the ban as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Act...

In a major victory for employees with any kind of discrimination or retaliation claim, the Supreme Court yesterday held that employers are liable when a supervisor is motivated by an illegal motive, then acts within the scope of authority on...

Kohn said the most important step in cases where ordinary citizens step forward to reveal fraud is "who you blow the whistle to and what you say."

Kohn began his talk by explaining his reasoning behind writing a handbook that would lay out the rules in a language much easier for whistleblowers and the public to understand. Representing whistleblowers for 27 years, although enriching, has sometimes been...

NWC Executive Director, Stephen Kohn will be on Radio Or Not at 10:30am EST today discussing his new book The Whistleblower's Handbook. You can listen live by clicking here.

Perhaps the most amazing part of Kohn's book is saved for the very end, the back cover to be exact. The Whistleblower's Handbook is being marketed as a layman's guide to exposing workplace wrongdoing. It does precisely what it sets...

Today is the official release of The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself. This book finally answers that question: how do you blow the whistle the right way?

In June 2007, UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld revealed detailed information about high-profile individuals and banks, including Credit Suisse, to the United States Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service.

The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) issued a ruling last month finding in favor of whistleblower Lavan Williams against his former employer, Domino's Pizza on claims of retaliatory firing. The ARB's decision affirms an order by the Administrative...