Whistleblowers act as vigilant public advocates, exposing fraud and abuse. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 1,921 cases investigated in 2024 resulted in financial losses ...

Opinion: Artificial intelligence is in need of protected whistleblowers as the technology proliferates to expose serious ...

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The European Union adopted the Whistleblower Protection Directive in 2019, seeking to establish a uniform complainant protection regime across EU Member States for individuals that report violations ...

In an excellent column in these pages, Nicholas J. Pappas and Elena Mondi discussed recent developments, including statutory amendment in 2021 (effective January 26, 2022) (2021 Amendment), to New ...

As an attorney and U.S. Senator, Barack Obama had a record of pushing for stronger whistleblower protections. So it wasn't a surprise in 2008 when then-candidate Obama said he would strengthen ...

An outed government whistleblower could certainly lodge a complaint, and depending on the circumstances, it could result in criminal action. At the moment, there is significant debate over the ...

Across the world, governments are tightening controls on speech, expanding surveillance and rolling back rights once thought to be secure. From anti-protest laws and curbs on workers’ rights to the ...

A federal judge has ruled that Delaware residents cannot bring claims under the state's Whistleblowers' Protection Act if they were not employed in the state during the alleged wrongdoing. U.S.

VICTORIA — New reports by British Columbia's ombudsperson on a whistleblower protection law show that it is "falling short" in some areas in its first five years. The four reports released by BC ...