UNC won on the basketball court last night, while UNC whistleblower Mary Willingham won in the court of law and the court of public opinion. The former learning specialist who was the whistleblower in the school’s academic fraud case has been awarded $335,000 after “being retaliated against and demoted for drawing attention to the nearly two-decade fraud.”
UNC to pay $335K in settlement
ESPN
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A very interesting read by GAP’s Legislative Director Shanna Devine. “Whistleblowers must have safe channels to report abuses of power that betray the public trust, and Congress has a responsibility to fill these accountability loopholes. Fortunately, as demonstrated by Sens. Grassley’s and Wyden’s newly launched Senate Whistleblower Caucus, protecting the nation’s truth-tellers transcends congressional partisanship.”
National View: American Forum — Whistleblowers and the prosecution loophole
South Coast Today
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“The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to go after companies for mistreating whistleblowers. But defense lawyers think companies may have grounds to challenge the agency’s authority to do this.”
SEC Whistleblower Retaliation Push Could Face Challenge
Wall Street Journal