Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Kohn , founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP and Chairman at the National Whistleblower Center , will be speaking at Georgetown University’s ECo Talks Series discussing the issue of Blowing the Whistle on International Climate Corruption.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

“But gaps in whistleblower reporting opportunities left whole areas of corporate criminal misconduct unaddressed, with potential whistleblowers lacking a clear reporting path and a clear reason to blow the whistle,” Miller continued.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 27, 2024

The DOL also ordered Maersk to revise its policies which prohibited employees from notifying the company before blowing the whistle to the Coast Guard or other authorities. Rusted, corroded and broken deck sockets needed repair and replacement.”

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 25, 2024

Both of these agencies have rules which prohibit companies from taking any action which impede individuals from blowing the whistle to authorities on potential violations and both have taken enforcement actions against restrictive NDAs. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

She provides her own perspective on all the stages of the case: from her choice to blow the whistle, through her arrest and trial, up until the end of multi-year imprisonment. Ironically enough the first thing that people forget about this story is that I am a real person,” Winner says near the end of the film.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 24, 2024

In his letter to Congress advocating for the permanent establishment of this day, Dellinger makes a compelling plea “that each chamber of Congress build on this momentum and use this opportunity to encourage more individuals to come forward and blow the whistle on wrongdoing.”

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 24, 2024

Morgan Securitie s LLC in which the company agreed to pay $18 million to settle charges that it impeded the ability of advisory clients and brokerage customers to blow the whistle to the SEC. For example, in January, the SEC announced an enforcement action against J.P.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

However, the SEC’s whistleblower program has proven to be an incredibly effective law enforcement tool at incentivizing individuals to come forward and blow the whistle on illegal conduct that otherwise would not have been uncovered. Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Better Markets.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 22, 2024

In an open letter to the IGs , he stated that all federal agencies must include an “anti-gag” provision in these forms and agreements which would inform employees of their rights to blow the whistle regarding congressional matters.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 8, 2024

Failing to inform employees of their right to blow the whistle causes a chilling effect throughout the agency, weakening accountability,” says whistleblower attorney Stephen M. “These failures inappropriately imply that disclosure of information to Congress, IGs, and the OSC is unauthorized,” writes Grassley.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 15, 2024

Dr. Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 19, 2024

We had a whistleblower, this time, blowing the whistle against SAIC alleging that on one of their government contracts, they didn’t fulfill all the cybersecurity duties they were supposed to adhere to. And don’t fear the people who blow the whistle. We don’t know whether that’s true or not.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 17, 2024

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Trafigura Holding LLC agreed to pay $55 million to settle allegations of fraud, market manipulation, and impeding the ability of employees to blow the whistle. Whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto announced that a whistleblower made a disclosure in the case.

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Whistleblower Network News

JULY 15, 2024

The leaked letter identifies at least four documented violations committed by OpenAI in their employment agreements: Non-disparagement clauses that failed to exempt disclosures of securities violations to the SEC; Requiring prior consent from the company to disclose confidential information to federal authorities; Confidentiality requirements with (..)

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Rule 21F-17 of the SEC Whistleblower Program bans employers from impeding an individual from blowing the whistle to the SEC on potential securities violations. Shaw & Co., To settle the charges, D. Shaw agreed to pay $10 million. According to the SEC, “from at least 2011 through 2019, D.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 16, 2024

It’s difficult enough to blow the whistle at the FBI and DOJ without having to risk revocation or suspension of a security clearance without pay for doing so,” Colapinto adds.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler. In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S.

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Government Contracts

APRIL 11, 2024

Counsel for a former city of Atlanta department head who says she was fired after blowing the whistle on failures in its immigrant outreach services urged a Georgia federal judge on Thursday to hit the city with sanctions for reportedly destroying communications related to her termination.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Morgan Securities LLC $18 million over charges that it impeded the ability of advisory clients and brokerage customers to blow the whistle to the SEC. Over the past year, the SEC has dramatically increased its enforcement efforts around Rule 21F-17(a). In January, the Commission sanctioned J.P.

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 27, 2024

Department of Justice’s recently unveiled whistleblower awards program diverges in key ways from similar programs at other agencies, and individuals must weigh these differences and look first to programs with stronger, proven protections before blowing the whistle, say Stephen Kohn and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The multiple awards the CFTC is granting today serve as a warning to would-be wrongdoers across the markets we oversee that anyone may blow the whistle on their misconduct.” “Whistleblowers provide information from a variety of vantage points that helps preserve market integrity and fairness,” said Director of Enforcement Ian McGinley.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 4, 2024

Employees who have signed an illegal restrictive NDA can blow the whistle anonymously by filing a confidential and anonymous complaint with the SEC under the Dodd-Frank Act. In recent months, the SEC has increased its enforcement of Rule 21(F)-17a , levying record fines against companies, including one privately held company.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, despite their success in enforcing the rule of law through social campaigns and legal action in the courts, land defenders face personal risk when blowing the whistle on human rights violations and corruption in their communities.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 30, 2024

Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York promises to immunize from prosecution certain individuals who blow the whistle on financial crimes and corruption, and if similar self-disclosure programs are any indication, this significant new policy may measurably increase white collar investigations, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Blowing the Whistle on Tesla The data provided by Krupski detailed thousands of accident reports, trouble manufacturing the Cybertruck pickup, and internal communications that exposed flaws with the company’s Autopilot driver-assistance software.

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Whistleblower Network News

APRIL 16, 2024

With the help of False Claims Act and qui tam attorneys, private citizens (including those living in foreign countries) have the power to blow the whistle on large-scale fraud cases. In this case, the whistleblowers will receive 18% of the settlement.

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Federal News Network

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It’s Verizon, who actually blew the whistle on themselves and said, “oh, yeah, there’s a little bit of waste and abuse going on here” and decided to come forward with it. Eric White In other news, there was an interesting maneuver by one particular contractor, and it’s a big one.

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Federal News Network

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

And what raised this issue to the VA, OIG did someone blow the whistle or did someone say, hey, you better look at this. Tom Temin We were speaking with Jeff Brown. He’s deputy assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations at the Veterans Affairs Department.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Originally passed in 2000, the law prohibits airline companies, both carriers and manufacturers, from retaliating against employees who blow the whistle on safety concerns. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21) is the United States’ airline safety whistleblower law.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Saunders is making one of the important points here – there just isn’t a lot of knowledge about when and how to whistle blow. As part of my sort of ethics studies, I tried to familiarize myself with the situation where you would whistle blow versus whether this would be like breaking your NDA.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 20, 2024

Originally passed in 2000, the law prohibits airline companies, both carriers and manufacturers, from retaliating against employees who blow the whistle on safety concerns. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21) is the airline safety whistleblower law.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

High monetary rewards reduce the financial risk incurred through blowing the whistle. “NWC has witnessed the success of this model in combatting transnational corruption,” the written statement continues. The guarantee of anonymity protects whistleblowers and decreases concern regarding retaliation.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Toni Savage Dr. Tommie (“Toni”) Savage’s federal employee whistleblower case has stretched on for nearly a decade and a half since she began to experience retaliation for blowing the whistle on systemic contracting fraud within the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Currently, UK whistleblowers are protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act of 1998 (PIDA), which states that whistleblowers may obtain a remedy if they are hurt, suffer detriment, or are dismissed due to blowing the whistle in the public interest. However, whistleblower advocates say the PIDA is rife with flaws.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 16, 2025

who blew the whistle on a defective surgical device sold by the company, is petitioning the U.S. Peterson claims he was retaliated against after blowing the whistle on this issue and filed a retaliation complaint under California Labor Code 1102.5. Daniel Peterson, a former sales representative at Minerva Surgical Inc.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 25, 2024

In 2017, Bellamy blew the whistle on a director in the Service Division at the Johannesburg Samsung Head Office. During their wide-ranging conversation, Jane and Bellamy discuss her upbringing, her decision to blow the whistle, and her journey since coming forward.

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