Press Releases

Washington, D.C. November 11, 2011. Today, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower Jane Turner issued a statement on the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. Ms. Turner, a 25-year veteran Agent, blew the whistle on the FBI’s failure to provide protection for child sex crime victims on the North Dakota Indian Reservations. Ms. Turner reported […]

Washington, D.C. November 3, 2011. During today’s mark-up of H.R. 3289, a bill amending the Whistleblower Protection Act, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to strip federal employee whistleblowers of a right to jury trial. The committee voted to approve the reform amendments without fixing other significant defects including limits on appeals […]

Whistleblowers Eligible for Hundreds of Millions in Rewards Washington, D.C. October 30, 2011. The SEC is offering awards for employees who submitted information about 220 companies brought to justice earlier this year. However, with only days remaining before the November 10, 2011 deadline to claim awards, the SEC has not yet heard from most eligible […]

Attorneys Stephen Kohn and Dean Zerbe are pleased to announce today that a joint client – who wishes to remain anonymous – received a whistleblower award under the new IRS whistleblower award program of $11.6 million dollars. “We greatly appreciate the IRS recognizing the work of this whistleblower and for making this significant, major award.  […]