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Whistleblowers can’t depose Ken Paxton, Texas Supreme Court rules - The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton does not have to sit for questioning, under oath, by whistleblowers who accused him of accepting bribes to misuse the power of his office, the Texas Supreme Co...
Read morePaxton Avoids Deposition in Texas AG Whistleblower Lawsuit - Bloomberg Law
Depositions aren’t useful after office agreed to stand down Whistleblowers say they were fired after 2020 FBI complaint Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) won’t have to sit for a deposition i...
Read moreSEC Whistleblower 2024 Report Details Continued Success of Program - The National Law Review
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024 details a record fiscal year for the hugely successful SEC Whistleblowe...
Read moreWikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning battles AI surveillance with NSA-proof VPN - CyberNews.com
In an exclusive interview from Web Summit, Chelsea Manning and Harry Halpin explain why traditional privacy tools like VPNs are failing in an era of AI surveillance and how NymVPN’s mixnet technol...
Read moreDid whistleblowers set off the $250 million Adani bribery allegations? - Business Today
Two whistleblower complaints lodged at Azure Power Global in May and September 2022 triggered a two-year U.S. investigation, culminating in the indictment of Gautam Adani and seven others in a $25...
Read moreTom Stocker: US whistleblowing reward scheme could be a model for others - Scottish Legal News
The UK may look to follow the lead of the US in introducing a whistleblowing reward scheme in a bid to combat corporate crime. US Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, recently announced a new Dep...
Read moreAU calls for protection of whistleblowers in war on graft - The East African
The African Union wants adequate protection for whistleblowers to encourage them to report on corruption. The AU already has the Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC), a forma...
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Crookston, MN man indicted for filing false tax returns, seeking over $500,000 - KVRR
DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR) — A Crookston, Minnesota man has been indicted for filing false tax returns and filing false claims for refunds. According to the indictment, Philip Green filed the returns in...