Press Releases - National Whistleblower Center

18 Nov, 2014

IRS Whistleblower News Press Releases

Tax Whistleblowers Alert: Protecting Tax Whistleblower Rights If You Get a Denial Letter

The National Whistleblower Center’s (NWC) Senior Policy Advisor – Dean Zerbe and his law firm ZFF&J – were recently in Tax Court as the first lawyers to litigate in a hearing whether a whistleblower meets the three-part test of the IRS whistleblower award program. In brief, the three-part test is: 1) The Tax whistleblower provided information to […]

15 Nov, 2014

Press Releases

Key Senators Urge SEC to Prosecute Wall Street Corporations that Retaliate Against Whistleblowers

Senators Want Whistle-Blower Law Enforced
By Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press Writer

22 Oct, 2014

Press Releases

NWC Fights Back Chamber of Commerce/KBR Attack on Whistleblowers at Supreme Court

The Chamber and its corporate allies (in this case KBR) are attempting convince the Supreme Court to narrow the scope of whistleblowers eligible to file cases under the False Claims Act. Their position would block whistleblowers with key original information on government fraud from filing their cases by a hyper technical technicality. The National Whistleblower […]

17 Sep, 2014

Press Releases

Attorney General Supports Increased Whistleblower Protections Under Federal Banking Laws FIRREA

New York City, New York. September 17, 2014. In a speech delivered today at New York University School of Law, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder publicly endorsed enlarging U.S. whistleblower reward laws to include expanded rewards under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, better known as “FIRREA.” The Attorney General acknowledged the tremendous success of […]