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Image of Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Quoted About OSHA Whistleblower Investigations

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Quoted About OSHA Whistleblower Investigations

A Bloomberg-BNA article entitled New Whistle-Blower Investigation Guidance From OSHA quotes leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about OSHA’s revised standard governing investigations of the whistleblower protection laws … Continued

Image of Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak on ABA Panel About Whistleblower Litigation

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak on ABA Panel About Whistleblower Litigation

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak on a panel about whistleblower litigation at the March 16, 2016 ABA Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting. … Continued

Image of Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak on Panel About Effectively Combatting Retaliatory Counterclaims & Countersuits

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak on Panel About Effectively Combatting Retaliatory Counterclaims & Countersuits

Jason Zuckerman, Principal of whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law, will speak at a NELA conference titled Reining In Retaliation & Winning Whistleblower Cases on April … Continued

Image of Pilot Prevails in AIR21 Whistleblower Retaliation Claim

Pilot Prevails in AIR21 Whistleblower Retaliation Claim

Airline Pilot Whistleblower Wins Appeal In an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit affirmed pilot Roger Luder’s win in his AIR21 whistleblower retaliation claim against Continental … Continued

Image of OSHA Issues Final Regulations Governing Transportation Safety Whistleblower Claims

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

Image of ARB holds that Taping Workplace Conversations Is Protected Whistleblowing

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

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

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

Image of OIG Report Recommends Improvements to OSHA Whistleblower Program

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

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

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

Image of MSPB Clarifies Burden-Shifting Framework for Discrimination Appeals

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

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

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

Image of Whistleblower Lawyer Dallas Hammer Quoted About Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Reward and Anti-Retaliation Provisions

Whistleblower Lawyer Dallas Hammer Quoted About Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Reward and Anti-Retaliation Provisions

An article titled “Whistleblowers cash-in on Feds corruption campaign” quotes whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer about the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower provisions. The article quotes … Continued