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Whistleblowers play an important role in the prevention of corruption in both the public and the private sector and they deserve our protection

Updated / Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021 16:10 "The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 offers more robust protections for Irish whistleblowers than available in other countries." Photo: Getty Images Analysis:  Ireland has one of the strongest whistleblower protection legislations in the world, and incentivises workers to make disclosures internally, but it also permits workers to go outside their organisation if they wish to do so. Last week's RTÉ Investigates revelations shocked the nation. It emerged that the Department of Health was secretly compiling sensitive medical, social care, and educati...

This is the second part of a two-part article. In the first of this two-part series, we discussed the success of the United States’ federal False Claims Act (FCA), the rise of international whistleblowers through a study of the Michael Epp case, and what global companies need to do to prepare. In this follow-up, we review exemplary international whistleblowing laws that have been recently enacted and what they mean for global corporate compliance. Our review is not exhaustive but reflects a fair cross section of non-American whistleblowing laws. Why aren’t international whistleblower laws...

Here's how area members of Congress voted from Feb. 19 to Feb. 25 Targeted News Service House House Vote 1: PRISONER COMMUNICATIONS: The House has passed the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (H.R. 546), sponsored by Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries, D-N.Y., to bar the Justice Department from monitoring privileged electronic communications between an incarcerated person and that person's lawyer. Jeffries said the prohibition "would enable incarcerated individuals to communicate with their legal representatives privately, safely, and efficiently." The vote, on Feb. 24, was 414 yeas...

Here's how area members of Congress voted Targeted News Service House House Vote 1: PRISONER COMMUNICATIONS: The House has passed the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (H.R. 546), sponsored by Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries, D-N.Y., to bar the Justice Department from monitoring privileged electronic communications between an incarcerated person and that person's lawyer. Jeffries said the prohibition "would enable incarcerated individuals to communicate with their legal representatives privately, safely, and efficiently." The vote, on Feb. 24, was 414 yeas to 11 nays. YEAS: Bob G...