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Today the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, held that one provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is unconstitutional.  However, it also held that this one provision is "severable" so that the other provisions of SOX, including the whistleblower protection,...

The Wall Street Reform bill, recently reported out of conference, includes a number of provisions designed to protect employees who report fraud in the commodity and stock exchanges. The bill includes two qui tam provisions that protect whistleblowers who disclose...

Patricia Smith (pictured at the podium) is now finally confirmed as the Solicitor of Labor, the official legal counsel for the U.S. Department of Labor. On June 25, 2010, she spoke to the annual convention of the National Employment Lawyers...

The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) held a public meeting today to hear from stakeholders about the how it might craft rules of practice. Last Friday, the ARB released a preliminary draft of its proposed Rules of Practice...

n an unprecedented move the Swiss parliament voted to approve a deal between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and UBS in which UBS has agreed to turn over the names of 4,450 U.S. citizens who held secret and illegal bank...

The United States Supreme Court has today reversed a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that had protected a public employee's expectation of privacy in pager text messages. The case is City of Ontario, California v. Quon, No....

Khaled Said posted video to the internet that showed police officers in Egypt sharing profits from a drug deal. On Monday, Neal Ungerleider of True/Slant has posted a translation of Arabic-language article from Al-Shorouk. The article describes how two informants...

On the Daily Show last night, following President Obama's Oval Office speech, Jon Stewart delivered a monologue addressing the president's record on civil liberties and executive power. Stewart plays a number of clips of President Obama from the campaign trail,...

Attorneys for the NWC submitted a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling for an investigation of BP and the entire oil industry, including contractors and subcontractors, for fraud committed against the U.S. government. The letter explains that the False...

National Public Radio (NPR) is reporting that a federal administrative judge has ordered that the Massey Coal Company temporarily reinstate whistleblower Ricky Lee Campbell while his retaliation case is pending.  Campbell drove coal shuttle cars and bolted mine roofs at...