Whistleblower News From The Inside -- March 6, 2018

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

New Ruling Shows How Few Options There Are for Intelligence Community Whistleblowers — Last week, a federal judge dismissed a complaint by a CIA whistleblower (and spy), who goes by the pseudonym James Pars. The ruling by Judge Trevor McFadden could affect the willingness of whistleblowers to step forward in the future. Just Security

Easton Area School District Shelled Out $350K in Whistleblower Settlement — The Easton Area School District is on the line for more than half of a $600,000 settlement related to a federal whistleblower lawsuit. The district in December forked over $350,000 to the plaintiffs’ law firm, according to a Dec. 14 invoice obtained by The Morning Call through the Right to Know law. Morning Call

Supreme Court Limits Scope of Whistleblower Protections under Dodd-Frank: Items of Note and Potential Impacts — On February 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court resolved a circuit split on the question of whether the whistleblower anti-retaliation provision in Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act extends to individuals who report alleged violations of securities laws within a company but not to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. National Law Review