Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices December 3, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts while also...
SEC Hits 7 Companies With Penalties for Violating Whistleblower Protections September 11, 2024 By Chris Prentice Seven public companies agreed to pay a combined $3 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges they violated...
Texas Pipe Company Faces Department of Labor Lawsuit for Violating Whistleblower Protections August 22, 2023 A Department of Labor lawsuit claims a Tyler, Texas pipe manufacturer violated federal whistleblower protections after the company fired an...
Critics Hit SEC Revamp of Wall Street Whistleblower Program October 14, 2019 By Marcy Gordon A federal agency is moving with little fanfare to revamp one of the most successful whistleblower programs in the government,...
Former Delaware Administrative Officer’s Defamation Suit To Move Forward August 22, 2016 By Randall Chase A judge says New Castle County, Delaware’s former chief administrative officer can proceed with a defamation suit over his firing...
Internal Corporate Whistleblowers Swayed by Protections, Not Pay: Study March 3, 2015 Offering monetary incentives does not necessarily influence whistleblowing behavior and might even discourage internal reporting, according to new research. Researchers...
Senate Committee Backs Monetary Incentives for Auto Defect Whistleblowers March 2, 2015 A measure that would offer financial incentives for auto industry employees to expose safety defects won unanimous backing from a...
No Protection for Foreign Whistleblowers at Overseas Firms: Court August 20, 2014 By Victoria Slind-Flor Foreign whistleblowers who work for overseas companies can’t be protected from retaliatory firings for disclosing conduct that happens abroad, a...
Alabama Whistleblower Wins Supreme Court Appeal But Not Job or Back Pay July 29, 2014 By Phillip Rawls Edward Lane’s Supreme Court victory in a landmark whistleblower case doesn’t change the fact he lost his state job and...
Will BNP Deal Expand Whistleblower Protections in Banking, Insurance? July 22, 2014 By Henry Engler BNP Paribas SA’s $9 billion settlement with U.S. authorities, aided by internal whistleblowers, has spurred calls for federal banking regulators...