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On August 6, the Senate unanimously passed the Pipes Act 2020 with an amendment to strengthen pipeline safety regulations and whistleblower protections. Methane leaks contribute the equivalent of over 200 million metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually,...

We are pleased to introduce our readers to the Whistleblower Network News (“WNN”), an independent online newspaper providing readers with up-to-date information on whistleblowing worldwide.  WNN was created in 2007 as the Whistleblower Protection Blog.  However, earlier this year, we...

On August 11, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) filed an amicus curiae brief arguing against a recent ruling by a Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) administrative judge in a federal whistleblower case.  The OSC calls for a reversal...

Less than a month after it was launched, a broad-based campaign to strengthen whistleblower rights in Europe already has produced many meaningful results. Policy-makers have expressed their gratitude for receiving assistance on how to incorporate the new European Union Directive...

On July 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a court order of default judgment in its case against Joshua Christian McDonald and his company, Perfection PR Firm LLC (PPR).  The default judgment order finds that McDonald and...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered a trucking company based in California to rehire an employee who was “terminated for refusing to drive what the employee reasonably believed to be an overweight vehicle,” according...

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will hold a wildlife whistleblower webinar on September 8, as part of its Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) program. The webinar, Whistleblower protection: An essential tool for stopping the corruption that threatens the world’s forests,...

On August 31, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of over $1.25 million. According to the SEC’s press release, the whistleblower provided “significant information” that “prompted the agency to initiate a cause examination and bring an...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon vote on proposed amendments to the agency’s highly successful whistleblower program.  The most controversial of these amendments involve the institution of a “soft cap” that would allow the SEC to reduce...

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DUSA) has agreed to pay $20.75 million to the federal government to settle allegations that it promoted methods of using the drug Levulan Kerastick that contradicted instructions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved. The case...