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Dispute over Whistleblower Access to Federal Court Intensifies Washington, D.C. September 3, 2009.  As reported in a front-page story of today’s Washington Times, internationally respected whistleblower, Bunnatine (Bunny) H. Greenhouse, has issued an appeal to the U.S. Senate to pass strong protections for all federal employees. Mrs. Greenhouse was the only major Bush Administration executive to […]

ABA Journal, Sep 2, 2009 By Martha Neil Five whistleblowers will share $102 million as part of a record-breaking $2.3 billion settlement by Pfizer Inc. of a federal criminal probe and civil qui tam litigation over the company’s drug-marketing practices. Among those expecting a hefty payday under the False Claims Act is a former Texas […]

Washington, D.C. August 26, 2009.  Yesterday the National Whistleblowers Center released the video of the August 8th deposition of national security whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.  Ms. Edmonds testified before the Ohio Elections Commission in response to a subpoena in the Schmidt v. Krikorian case.  Despite efforts by both the Department of Justice and the FBI to prevent her […]

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) — If he had kept his mouth shut and his head low, Bradley Birkenfeld would be a free man today. He didn’t, so now the former UBS AG banker wears an electronic bracelet on his ankle and, beginning in January, will spend three years and four months in a federal penitentiary. He’s […]

Are jury trials better protection or just “window dressing”? OhMyGov! August 24, 2009. A new whistleblower bill, the Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2009, passed the Senate in late July to decidedly mixed reviews. “This significantly strengthens protections of whistleblowers,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) of the Senate bill. But the praise is far from universal. The […]