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July 4, 2006Kohn, explained why the new legislation was necessary: “…without a legislative response to Garcetti v.
June 15, 2006Today the heads of two whistleblower advocate groups sent a letter urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental…- June 3, 2006Kohn, Chairman of the National Whistleblowers Center, appeared on CSPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s…
- May 30, 2006“The Court struck at the heart of whistleblowing: When an employee learns of corruption as part of his or her…
- April 17, 2006Today the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway v.
- March 30, 2006Convertno filed a Privacy Act lawsuit against DOJ and publicly criticized DOJ’s response to 9/11.
- March 9, 2006House of Representatives to “improve whistleblower protections.” The proposed law, which is modeled on the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate whistleblower statute and…
- February 9, 2006The Act contains monetary incentives to state governments for enacting False Claims Act (“FCA”) provisions which are equivalent to the…
- January 19, 2006The New York City FCA not only provides for financial penalties, but it also encourages whistleblowers to expose fraud by permitting successful…
- January 3, 2006Granholm today signed legislation to combat Medicaid fraud by providing incentives for citizens who suspect fraud against Michigan’s Medicaid program…