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Thank you for a great 2018. The National Whistleblower Center recently released its 2018 End-of-Year Report which summarizes several victories for whistleblowers.  See below. In 2018, the NWC continued its work to strengthen whistleblower protections and incentives, defend whistleblowers’ rights, and educate people at home and abroad about the power of whistleblowers in combating fraud […]

December 11, 2018. Washington, DC.  In a public transcript given as part of the Presidential Oral History of the George H.W. Bush Presidency, President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, William Barr, ferociously attacked America’s most successful whistleblower law, the False Claims Act.  Barr stated, on the record, that he “wanted to attack” the False Claims […]

The New Whistleblower’s Handbook is the most comprehensive guide to whistleblower law yet with over 30 Rules to help everyday people succeed when they blow the whistle. This easy to read, laymen’s guide includes 10 new rules and updates on key areas of whistleblowing, including: Wildlife crime whistleblowing Auto safety whistleblowing National security whistleblowing Ocean […]

In a report issued October 29, 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the impact of the former exclusion for FBAR and other non-Title 26 collections from IRS whistleblower awards. The GAO found that whistleblower attorneys would limit the number of IRS whistleblowers alleging FBAR noncompliance they were willing to take on as clients when such collections […]