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In his semi-annual report to Congress, Michael K. Atkinson, the intelligence community's inspector general, expressed...

Noëlle Lenoir wrote an article that appeared in the French legal publication JCPE#42 dated October 15, 2015. The article discusses the following topic: Whistle-blowers, a French innovation coming from over the Atlantic.

Tune in with Michael Beckwith as he discusses the ins and outs of the Department of Justice's new whistleblower program in his Minutes on the Matter episode...

Keith Reinfeld was featured in the New Jersey Business Magazine article, "New Jersey's ‘Pro-employee' Whistleblower Act."

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration has issued a long-awaited rule governing the administration of employee whistleblower complaints under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 and related consumer protection laws.

As first reported by Law 360 reporter Kat Greene on December 5, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled a new online complaint form to complement its telephone hotline.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration published an interim final rule on February 27, 2013 in the Federal Register governing whistleblower complaints under the Affordable Care Act. Section 1558 of the Act prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who report alleged violations of insurance company accountability policies or participate in a proceeding concerning a violation

The SEC fined a technology company $180,000 for violating whistleblower protection rules.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has expanded whistleblower enforcement even more than it has changed the safety landscape.

The U.S. Supreme Court will settle the issue of whether Dodd-Frank prohibits retaliation against internal whistleblowers who do not report their concerns about potential violations to the SEC.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that that an employee is entitled to whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Following up on our recent identification of some of the key SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower developments in 2013, I had the opportunity to speak again with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN TV.

Following up on our recent post on the SEC’s first Dodd-Frank whistleblower enforcement action, I had the opportunity to discuss the subject with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN.

The past year has seen significant developments in the whistleblower arena. Employee retaliation claims have spiked, employers have paid out large sums, and regulators have stepped up enforcement efforts.

Aaron MacDonald worked for the State of California and the California State Assembly and was fired shortly after complaining that one of his supervisors was "illegally and/or inappropriately smoking" at the office.

Akin Gump has issued an alert detailing the protections for whistleblowers for securities violations in Dodd-Frank that expand only to employees who report violations to the SEC.

An oil-and-gas company agreed to pay a $1.4 million penalty to settle SEC charges alleging that the company had employed illegal separation agreements and that it had retaliated against a whistleblower...