Press Releases

Washington, D.C. January 5, 2011. On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in favorof a sickle cell disease researcher who blew the whistle on improper cloning of blood cell lines. The decision clears the way Dr. Duane Bonds to proceed with her claim that the National Institutes of Health fired […]

Washington, D.C. December 21, 2010. Today, the House approved the Senate version of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 2571), which contains strong whistleblower protections for food safety employees.  This landmark legislation has now cleared Congress and will soon be signed into law by President Obama. Highlights of the Food Safety Whistleblower Provision: Covers all employers […]

Washington, D.C. December 20, 2010. Today, the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) publicly released its report to the Securities and Exchange Commission entitled “Impact of Qui Tam Laws on Internal Compliance.”  The study analyzed cases filed under the False Claims Act from January 1, 2007 to present and found that whistleblower rewards have “no impact whatsoever on the viability of internal […]

Washington, D.C. December 15, 2010. Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Bunnatine H. Greenhouse issued a statement today on the Senate version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 372) moving through the lame duck Congress.  Ms. Greenhouse is a well-known public spokeswoman on the importance of passing stronger whistleblower protections for federal employees.  She testified […]