Press Room

Thanks to your support 2014 was a successful year working to advance the rights of whistleblowers at the National Whistleblower Center.  As the year comes to an end, the NWC would like to take this opportunity to share with you the work we have accomplished with your support. The NWC issued two major reports supporting […]

Washington, D.C. Feburary 20, 2014. Today the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an extensive brief and position statement before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to fully protect whistleblowers who make internal disclosures exposing fraud against investors and other violations of securities laws.  Linked here are a copy of […]

Fort Lauderdale, Florida. December 16, 2013.  Raoul Weil, the former head of UBS’s Global Wealth Management business is scheduled to appear for a hearing in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale today. He was extradited to the United States from Italy where he was arrested on an international warrant after being indicted for his role in conspiring […]

Presidential Policy Directive 19 is a Directive that creates administrative procedures “protecting” employee-whistleblowers who work for U.S. intelligence agencies, including the NSA, CIA, DNI and the Defense Intelligence Agency. When first announced by President Obama in late 2012, the Directive was met with mixed reviews. Some public interest groups praised the President for taking this initiative, […]

Washington, D.C. October 31, 2013. Today the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act (S.42) creating for the first time whistleblower protections for employees who report antitrust violations. The bill will now be sent to the full Senate for a vote. Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Charles Grassley introduced this bipartisan bill which […]