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“An Attack of Free Speech:” Florence Hartmann’s case from the Hague
On September 14, 2009, the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague ordered Florence Hartmann to pay a fine of 7,000 Euros for violating the court's confidentiality pledge. Florence Hartmann, a former journalist for the French...
BB&T whistleblower Amy Stroupe prepares for hearing
WCNC television news released a story last week about BB&T bank whistleblower Amy Stroupe. While working as an investigator for the bank, she uncovered a $20 million ponzi scheme. A bank official and some developers used a phony land development...
Sen. Reid calls for review of TSA whistleblowers’ cases
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and other politicians have called on the administration to review the cases of Robert MacLean and Spencer Pickard, according to a story in today's Las Vegas Review-Journal. Both MacLean and Pickard were fired by the Transportation...
The Informant! is not representative of whistleblowers, but it is an opportunity for dialogue
The Informant! is a new movie that plays the price-fixing crimes of ADM, and the embezzlement of whistleblower Mark Whitacre, for airy comedy. The original music track by Marvin Hamlisch gives an upbeat 1960's feel to this 1990's corporate crime...
Attorney David Colapinto speaks on ABC news about The Informant!
David Colapinto, General Counsel of the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC), spoke with ABC News correspondent Lindsey Ellerson in a story released today. Ellerson looked at how the new movie, The Informant!, sheds light on other more notable whistleblowers. Colapinto told...
Sen. Grassley grills FBI Director Mueller on proposed repeal of FBI whistleblower protections
Last Wednesday, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) used the opportunity to question Dir. Mueller about how the administration's proposed whistleblower bill (S....
Stephen Kohn calls for whistleblower protections in Montenegro
Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC), is in Montenegro this week calling for enactment of whistleblower protections as a key component of transparency. Kohn is traveling to Montenegro under the auspices of the U.S. Department...
DC federal court upholds jury verdict for fraud whistleblower
U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler has rejected employer attempts to constrict the whistleblower protections of the federal and District of Columbia False Claims Acts. In a decision issued last week, she corrected a judgment from a jury verdict, and overruled...
Cliff Palefsky testifies on mandatory arbitration
San Francisco attorney Cliff Palefsky testified on Tuesday about the need for legislation to protect workers from losing their right to trial by jury through employer-imposed pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements. Palefsky testified to the House Judiciary Committee on behalf of...
NWC President Michael Kohn speaks at Korean symposium on transparency
Michael D. Kohn, President of the National Whistleblowers Center, is attending the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Symposium this week in Seoul, South Korea. According to an article in today's The Korea Times, the symposium is co-hosted by Korea's Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights...
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