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The U.S. Department of Labor has finally issued its responses to comments submitted in 2007 about its interim regulations for nuclear and environmental whistleblowers. Codified at 29 CFR Part 24, these regulations have been trendsetters for regulations affecting other whistleblower...

Today the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that prohibits employers from retaliating against a whistleblower's family members or other associates. The decision in Thompson v. North American Stainless LP is unanimous, and reverses an en banc decision of the...

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion holding that a social worker is protected from retaliation for his courtroom testimony about  a former client. The case is Clairmont v. Sound Mental Health and...

Today's Washington Post, Metro section, leads with a story by Rosalind Helderman called "Democrats try to curb Cuccinelli's powers." The story reports on an effort by some Virginia Commonwealth Senators to change state law so that the state Attorney General...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is publishing today a new proposed regulation for its whistleblower reward program. In today's Federal Register, the new regulation makes clear that whistleblowers can receive a reward for providing information that prevents the IRS from...

Today the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) held its first oral argument in a case under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Last November, the ARB gave notice of today's oral argument, and invited interested groups to submit friend-of-the-court (or...

In an editorial today, the Savannah Morning News is calling on Georgia state legislators to expand the state's whistleblower law to protect the employees of cities and counties. The paper cites the case of Gwen Warren and Maria Colon.  Ms....

In the forefront of this, a 23-year veteran medical doctor and Ph.D scientist at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is on the verge of losing her job. She blew the whistle to Congress in order to protect our health...

TAKE ACTION! The new Congress gives whistleblower advocates an opportunity to make a new start on the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act ("WPEA"). The National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) today calls on legislators and advocates to get it right this time.  Legal protections...

In 2003, Teresa Chambers was Chief of the U.S. Park Police. She spoke to a Washington Post reporter and expressed her concerns about the lack of resources to protect U.S. parks. Her supervisors were upset and ordered her not to...