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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled oral argument in a case that will decide if disclosures to the media can be protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The oral argument will be on Friday, April 15, 2011, at the William K. Nakamura U.S. Courthouse,
1010 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor, Courtroom #2, in Seattle, WA 98104. The argument is scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time. However, if all the other cases take all their allotted time, then the argument will start at 11:00 a.m. The Court has granted special permission to Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) to present oral argument in the case.  You can read NWC's amicus brief here, and Boeing's opposition brief here. Attorney John Tollefsen will be presenting oral argument for the employees, Matt Neumann and Nick Tides.  The case is Tides v. The Boeing Corporation.

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On Sunday April 10, 2011, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center, will be available at 4:00 pm (EST) for an online chat forum at Firedoglake’s Book Salon. The topic of this book salon will be The Whistleblower’s Handbook.

For two hours Mr. Kohn will be holding an open discussion on The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What’s Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons Press 2011).

Everyone will have the opportunity to post questions and comments regarding The Whistleblower’s Handbook as well as any whistleblowing issues. Mr. Kohn will provide real-time responses during the two-hour time frame.

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Last night, leading whistleblower attorney and Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, Stephen M. Kohn, held an author talk and book signing for his new book The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself, also released that day.

The talk at Busboys and Poets had a standing room only turnout. It was co-sponsored by the National Whistleblowers Center, Teaching for Change and the Zinn Education Project. Michael D. Kohn, NWC President, and Deborah Menkart, Teaching for Change Executive Director, spoke up for whistleblower advocacy and the importance of Stephen Kohn’s new handbook. Stephen Kohn was described as one of the “finest lawyers that money can’t buy.”

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Director of the No FEAR Coalition and an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whistleblower introduced Stephen Kohn. Dr. Coleman-Adebayo stressed the importance of being appropriately educated before taking on a whistleblower case because the laws are difficult to understand and navigate. ” Paving the way for Stephen Kohn to discuss the importance of The Whistleblower’s Handbook, Dr. Coleman-Adebayo noted the deep irony that U.S. government officials “praise whistleblowers in Egypt and Tunisia but not here in the U.S."

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Today is the official release of The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself. This book finally answers that question: how do you blow the whistle the right way? Renowned whistleblower attorney and author Stephen M. Kohn, explains all major federal and state laws protecting whistleblowing.  He relies on his 27 years of experience representing many of America's most important whistleblowers to set forth twenty-one basic rules that every potential whistleblower needs to know. The Whistleblower's Handbook is the authoritative reference for anyone who has ever wondered how they might blow the whistle -- and, once they've done so, how to prevail.

Please read the review of The Whistleblower's Handbook posted today by Charlotte Yee on her blog Government Accountability is a Citizen's Responsibility.  

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