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Another First for Europe: Public Officials Collaborate to Help Whistleblowers
After decades of apathy, Europe in the past year passed its first region-wide whistleblower law, saw more than a dozen countries take action to strengthen whistleblower rights, and earnestly began to protect and compensate citizens who report crime and corruption....
International Whistleblower Advocacy Groups File Public Comment with Latvian Government
A coalition of international whistleblower advocacy groups has filed a public comment with Latvia’s government, providing suggestions for strengthening the country’s first whistleblower law passed in 2019. The coalition, consisting of the National Whistleblower Center, Whistleblowing International, the European Center for Whistleblower Rights,...
SEC Grants Two Whistleblower Awards Totaling Over $2.5 Million
On September 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two separate whistleblower awards totaling over $2.5 million. Both awards were granted to whistleblowers who disclosed securities violations occurring overseas. The first whistleblower award is for $1.8 million and...
Corporate Lawyers Admit SEC Rulemaking is a Big Win For Whistleblowers
On September 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved wide-spread changes to its highly successful whistleblower program. The rule changes were originally proposed in 2018, and the ensuing two years saw a lengthy debate over which aspects of...
Stories of Working While Black: Interview with TO BE US Productions
For the documentary TO BE US: To Work, each interviewee was asked the same question: “What is your Working While Black story?” TO BE US Productions filmed its first documentary (TO BE US: To Work) to highlight Black peoples’ dealings...
Whistleblower Alleges Facebook Failed to Act on Worldwide Political Manipulation Through Bot Accounts
A former data scientist at Facebook, Sophie Zhang, sent an internal memo about the company's lack of action regarding fake accounts that "have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world," according to a September 14 BuzzFeed News article. The...
A Different Kind of Politics: How Benedek Jávor Won Whistleblower Rights for Europe
Benedek Jávor is a fighter. A fighter for knowledge, for democracy, for the environment, for his country, and for the rights of all people. Jávor attended the 1,000-year-old Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma in Hungary, one of the oldest continuously...
Whistleblower Claims Federal Officials Were Stockpiling Weapons to Use Against Protesters in D.C.
On August 28, a whistleblower told lawmakers that hours before law enforcement officials forcefully removed protesters from Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. this summer, federal officials “began to stockpile ammunition and seek devices that could emit deafening sounds and make...
Whistleblower Advocates Highlight the Five Key Issues at Pivotal SEC Whistleblower Program Vote
Tomorrow, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will vote on controversial proposed changes to its whistleblower program. Ahead of the vote, attorneys at the qui tam law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC), and partner Stephen M. Kohn highlighted...
SEC Whistleblower Pens Essay on Decision to Blow the Whistle
An SEC whistleblower has penned an essay explaining why they “broke Wall Street’s code of silence.” The essay, published on September 14 by Insider Investor, is written by an anonymous whistleblower who recently received a $2.5 SEC whistleblower award alongside...
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