Press Releases

Washington, DC., March 29, 2005. The United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision today by recognizing that whistleblowers are protected from discrimination under Title IX. The Court’s decision in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education affords the protections of Title IX to whistleblowers who have been retaliated against based on their sex. Congress intended such […]

Top Army Contracts Officer Blows the Whistle Washington, DC October 24, 2004: The top civilian contracting officer of the Army Corps of Engineer — with the protocol of a one star general has disclosed high level misconduct concerning the review and approval of major Iraqi reconstruction contracts (including the “RIO” and “RIO II” contracts) that […]

Washington, DC., October 22, 2004. The American Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 4520) was signed into law today, by President Bush. The Civil Rights Tax Relief Act,(CRTRA) Section 703, was preserved in the JOBS bill. CRTRA bars the double taxation of attorneys’ fees. The attorneys’ fees provision is prospective only, and applies to fees and costs […]

August 25, 2004, Washington, DC. Yesterday, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued final rules governing Corporate Whistleblower Procedures under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003 (SOX). In implementing the final regulations, the DOL rejected a request by the US Chamber of Commerce that would have seriously undermined the protections afforded employees under this Corporate Whistleblower […]