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Washington D.C. – August 17, 2007. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has been asked to reconsider last month’s decision by a three-judge panel that reversed itself on a key civil rights tax case.  On July 3, 2007, the panel held that the IRS can tax damage awards based […]

After a Nine Year Fight, Department of Justice Closes Jane Turner Case Washington, D.C. August 14, 2007. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) vetoed the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) to continue appealing jury verdict which found the FBI guilty of illegally retaliating against one of its top child-crime agents. As a […]

DOL Seeks to Limit Federal Court Review Washington D.C. – August 13, 2007.  The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a new “Interim Final Rule” designed to undercut the ability of private sector whistleblowers to obtain federal court relief in claims under federal corporate whistleblower protection laws. The new rules, […]

Bush signs 9/11 bill, important whistleblower laws Washington D.C. – August 3, 2007. Transportation employee-whistleblowers were among the big winners in the anti-terrorist legislation signed into law today by President George Bush. As part of the “The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007,” Congress extended whistleblower protections to commercial truck drivers, railroad […]

Major Audit Firm Releases Corporate Crime Survey Results According to the survey, While professional auditors were only able to detect 19% of the frauds on private corporations, whistleblowers exposed 43%.  Executives surveyed estimated that the whistleblowers saved their shareholders billions of dollars. “This survey is proof that corporate shareholders directly benefit from whistleblower disclosures. Instead […]