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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...

Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cancelled a scheduled vote on proposed changes to the agency’s whistleblower reward program.  The vote was scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. on September 2.  This is the second time a...

On August 26, a former employee of steel processor SPS Companies Inc. (SPS) sued the company for whistleblower retaliation in Missouri federal court.  The employee, Micah Morrison, claims he was fired for blowing the whistle on a scheme in which...

Hebei, a province located in northern China that surrounds Beijing, will offer monetary rewards for whistleblowers who report acts of illegal pollution, according to an August 25 Reuters article. A quarter of China’s steel is produced in Hebei, and the...