Month: December 2016

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), a long-time champion of whistleblowers and the creator of the IRS whistleblower program, has sent a letter to IRS commissioner nominee, John Koskinen, expressing hope that...

Dear Fellow Whistleblower: If you are reading this, I assume you are trying to decide whether to blow the whistle or you are looking for an attorney to represent you or both. I, too, was a whistleblower....

“US Accelerates Pursuit of Companies for FCPA Violations,” Erika A. Kelton, Forbes.com, 12/23/16. “Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf’s ‘Gutless Leadership’ Keeps Bank Mired...

Sean McKessy in The Mercury News, 12/16/16. Q: Tech firms maintain a lot of secrecy around their work – does that affect people’s willingness to blow the whistle to the SEC? [McKessy]: There...

WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2016 – Below are comments from Claire M. Sylvia, a partner at whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP, regarding today’s Supreme Court decision on State...

Letter to the Editor by Erika Kelton published in The New York Times, 12/3/16. “Gretchen Morgenson’s column “A Win for a Whistle-Blower” (Fair Game, Nov. 27) captures the retaliation that employees...