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The Washington Post reports today that Service Corporation International (SCI), operator of the National Funeral Home, fired whistleblower Robert Ranghelli last week.  After an April 5 Washington Post story detailed improper storage of corpses destined for Arlington National Cemetery, Ranghelli...

On Monday, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued a decision once again denying whistleblower protection to a courageous federal employee.  In July 2003, U.S. Federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean blew the whistle on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plans...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a decision against the Graham County (North Carolina) Soil & Water Conservation District for the second time. In its first trip, the District persuaded the Supreme Court that whistleblower Karen Wilson had...

This morning, the Supreme Court issued a long awaited decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services Inc. 557 U.S. ____ (2009). The 5-4 decision refuses to extend the "contributing factor" test to age discrimination claims.  The majority opinion, by Justice Thomas,...

  On Monday, the Supreme Court granted cert in the case of Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. Animalfeeds International Corp. The court will determine whether class arbitration is consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) when the arbitration agreement is silent on...

There are two new articles on the Daily Kos inspired by today's Senate committee hearing on the proposed Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). The first, by Michael German, is called, "Why Protect Whistleblowers?" Michael is the ACLU Policy Counsel on...

Once again, the hearing record clearly and overwhelming proves that whistleblower reform is long overdue. There were no credible arguments presented that court access and jury trial should not be provided to all federal employees, including national security employees. Pictured here...

The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is so fortunate this Summer with its largest group of interns.  We are thankful to have the help of these graduate and undergraduate students. We accept the responsibility to share with them our experience in...

We are happy to announce that President Obama signed the Fraud Enforcement And Recovery Act of 2009 yesterday.  The House and Senate passed the bill with overwhelming majorities and the bill presented to the President included the best of the...

Yesterday, I blogged about a pending multi-million dollar False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit agains Pharm giant Wyeth. Today's news brings another example of how the FCA can be used to bring gross misconduct to light. This case, involving a western...