Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection Archives

Jury Awards Former Bio-Rad Counsel $11M in Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Case

A California jury awarded former Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. General Counsel Sanford Wadler $11M in his Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Approximately $3M of the award is … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Authorizes Damages for Reputational Harm

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Damages and Remedies In a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation lawsuit brought against a bank, Judge Sweet held that the great weight of authority permits SOX … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak on Panel About Whistleblower and Rewards Claims: Top 10 New Developments

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a CLE sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association on a panel titled Whistleblower and Rewards Claims: Top 10 … Continued

Court Rules for In-House Counsel Whistleblower

A decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. clarifies that federal law permitting in-house lawyers to … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Prevails on Appeal

In an unpublished decision in Yang v. Navigators Grp., Inc., the Second Circuit recently clarified a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower’s burden at the summary-judgment stage. Takeaways for … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Interviewed About the Rise of Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

Law Firm Representing Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Cybersecurity whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer was interviewed by Corporate Crime Reporter regarding the rise of cybersecurity whistleblowing. Hammer explained that raising concerns about … Continued

Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Win Shows Strong Need For Whistleblower Protections

Becker’s Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Claim The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently awarded $1.9 million in damages to a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower in a decision that … Continued

Whistleblower Firm Zuckerman Law Named a Tier 1 Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2017

U.S. News and Best Lawyers® have named Zuckerman Law a Tier 1 firm in Litigation – Labor and Employment in the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 2017 edition “Best Law Firms.” … Continued

Pro Se Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Prevails in Jury Trial

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Obtains Substantial Damages An article in Corporate Counsel titled How to Help a Whistleblower tells the story of Dr. Perez, a Sarbanes Oxley … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Will Speak at Risk, Ethics & Compliance Forum

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman, Principal of Washington, DC firm whistleblower firm Zuckerman Law, will speak at the November 2, 2016 Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute … Continued

ARB Decision Clarifies Favorable Burden-Shifting Framework for Whistleblowers

The Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s ruling in Palmer v. Canadian National Railway, ARB No. 16-035, ALJ No. 2014-FRS-154 (ARB Sept. 30, 2016) (en … Continued

Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of Protected Whistleblowing

A recent decision in Kuhns v. Ledger, No. 15-civ-3246-NRB, 2016 WL 4705160 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 24, 2016), underscores the broad scope of protected conduct under … Continued

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