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Colorado Passes Legislation to Protect Whistleblowers in Public Health Emergencies
On June 6th, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 20-1415, which aims to protect whistleblowers during public health emergencies. The bill states that employers cannot discriminate or retaliate against an employee who raises “any concern about workplace health and...
Senator Chuck Grassley Introduces Legislation to Protect Inspectors General
On June 17, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduce introduced legislation aimed at protecting inspectors general. The Washington Post published an Op-Ed by Sen. Grassley in which he discusses the purpose of the bill. According to Sen. Grassley, the bill will...
Law Enforcement Whistleblowers Write Open Letter to Congress
On June 17, a group of law enforcement whistleblowers published an open letter addressed to members of the House Judiciary Committee, the House Oversight and Reform Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and...
NGO’s Celebrate World Whistleblower Day
Today marks World Whistleblower Day, a day to celebrate whistleblowers around the globe. Whistleblowers put their jobs, reputation, and sometimes even lives at stake to expose the truth for the greater good. This day serves to commemorate their achievements while...
Whistleblower Lawyers Detail Rights for Reporting Police Brutality
Today the whistleblower law firm of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC) published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) aimed at informing “insiders” who have evidence of police brutality of their right to blow the whistle. As explained in the FAQs, state, county...
Whistleblower Attorney Warns of Chilling Effect in Court’s Reasoning to Release Bolton Book
In an Op-Ed published yesterday in The Hill, noted whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn called the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia’s decision to allow the release of a book by former national security adviser John Bolton, “flawed.”...
Representative Eric Swalwell Introduces Enhancing Protections for Whistleblower Anonymity Act
Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) introduced legislation aimed to improve whistleblower anonymity. The Enhancing Protections for Whistleblower Anonymity Act focuses on enhancing safety for whistleblowers in terms of identity. Rep. Swalwell states that current law prohibits “only some federal officials from...
Lithuania Benefits from New Whistleblower Law – but Whistleblowers Don’t
Europe’s first known experiment with whistleblower rewards is not off to a good start. None of the four people who applied for a monetary reward under Lithuania’s new whistleblower protection law received a payment, according to local media. The requests...
Whistleblower Awarded almost $700,000 by SEC Whistleblower Program
The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) announced an award of nearly $700,000 to a whistleblower. The whistleblower, who had first reported the issue internally before going to the SEC, assisted the SEC during its investigation. The whistleblower provided “significant information”...
Philadelphia City Council Introduces Bill to Protect Workers in The Age of COVID-19
On June 12th, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Philadelphia City Council proposed a bill that would prohibit retaliation against both workers who refuse to work in unsafe conditions where they could risk exposure to COVID-19 and who blow the...
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