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Wall Street Reform Bill Includes Whistleblower Protections
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...
Solicitor of Labor Patricia Smith speaks about policy
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...
ARB conducts stakeholders’ meeting on proposed rules
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...
Whistleblower Disclosures Result in Historic International Treaty
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...
Supreme Court allows government to read employee text messages
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....
Egyptian police kill whistleblower at internet cafe
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...
Sun Block for Whistleblowers?
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,...
NWC Demands Attorney General Hold the Offshore Oil Industry Liable for Fraud in the Gulf
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...
Ricky Lee Campbell wins temporary reinstatement to Massey coal mine
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...
Jamaican Senate debating whistleblower law
The Jamaican Senate is scheduled to debate a comprehensive whistleblower bill this Friday. Justice Minister Senator Dorothy Lightbourne released the proposed text of the Protected Disclosure Act (Whistle-blower Law) 2010, according to Jamaica Observer. The bill fulfills a 2007 election...
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