Whistleblower Lawyer

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak About Whistleblower Protection Laws at TAF Conference

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman, Principal of whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law, will be speaking about recent developments under whistleblower protection laws at the Taxpayers Against … Continued

OSHA Issues Final Regulations Governing Transportation Safety Whistleblower Claims

OSHA issued final regulations implementing the whistleblower protection provisions of the National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA) and the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA). The … Continued

ARB holds that Taping Workplace Conversations Is Protected Whistleblowing

Recording a Conversation Can Be Protected Whistleblowing In a nuclear whistleblower retaliation case, the DOL Administrative Review Board held that recording workplace conversations to gather … Continued

False Claims Act Retaliation Law Does Not Preempt State Wrongful Discharge Claims

False Claims Act Retaliation Provision is Not an Exclusive Remedy In Salazar v. Monaco Enterprises, Inc., a Washington federal judge held that the whistleblower protection … Continued

OIG Report Recommends Improvements to OSHA Whistleblower Program

The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General has issued a report assessing what improvements have been made to the DOL’s Whistleblower Protection Program since the … Continued

SEC Enforcement Action Portends Rewards for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

Cybersecurity SEC Enforcement Action The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday that it had settled charges that investment adviser R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management … Continued

SOX and Dodd-Frank Do Not Preempt a Wrongful Discharge Claim in WA

The Washington Supreme Court held in Becker v. Community Health Systems that the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act do not … Continued

SOX Protection for Contractors Limited to Disclosures About Wrongdoing at Publicly-Traded Companies

The whistleblower protection provision of SOX prohibits an “officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor or agency” of a publicly-traded company from retaliating against “an employee” for disclosing … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Protection Remains a Vital Remedy Post-Berman

In the wake of the Second Circuit’s holding in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy that the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower provision protects internal disclosures, several commentators are predicting … Continued

MSPB Clarifies Burden-Shifting Framework for Discrimination Appeals

Proving an Affirmative Defense of Discrimination in an MSPB Appeal The Board’s September 3, 2015 decision in Savage v. Department of the Army clarifies the … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Selected to the 2016 Best Lawyers in America

Whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law is pleased to announce that whistlebower lawyer Jason Zuckerman was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2016 … Continued

DC Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak on Webinar About Recent Developments In Whistleblower Law

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a NELA webinar on September 30, 2015 about Recent Developments In Whistleblower Law. Recently there have been … Continued

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