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False claims whistleblowers in California will be eligible for increased rewards and protection from retaliation following news that Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law A.B. 2492.  The bill, signed into law on Thursday,...

Whistleblowers within the federal government took an important step forward on Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (“WPEA”).  As the Government Accountability...

Whistleblowers have been slow to catch on to the new whistleblower program at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Thomson Reuters reported last week.  The CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Whistleblowers are less likely to blow the whistle if they fear negative social consequences, according to a new study conducted by the University of North Texas (“UNT”) College of Business (“COB”).  The study,...

Three civilian whistleblowers employed by the U.S. Army have been granted a stay of disciplinary action against them in a proceeding before the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”), the administrative body responsible...

Whistleblowers alleging that they suffered retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right to free speech suffered another setback earlier this month in the Second Circuit’s decision in the case of Ross v....

Almost $275,000 in damages was awarded to a financial analyst who filed a whistleblower complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”).  The analyst...

Whistleblower retaliation complaints filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) have risen by nearly 20 percent over the last four years, according to an...

Whistleblowers are suffering retaliation at the hands of their employers at an unacceptably high rate, according to a recent survey conducted by the Ethics Resource Center (“ERC”).  The ERC report found that over one in...

Whistleblowers have impressed officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and private attorneys with the quality and quantity of reports since the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...