Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Archives

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Speaks At Seminar About Developments in Whistleblower Law

On June 28, 2017, Jason Zuckerman of Zuckerman Law spoke on a panel at the Practicing Law Institute’s Corporate Whistleblowing seminar alongside Renee Phillips, … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of Protected Whistleblowing

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York clarifies the broad scope of protected whistleblowing under the Sarbanes-Oxley … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Hammer Quoted by Bloomberg About Rebound in Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer is quoted extensively in a Bloomberg BNA article titled Dodd-Frank Overhaul Could Spark Rebound in SOX Whistle-Blower Cases. Hammer provided Bloomberg with … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Protects Disclosures About Inadequate Information Security Controls

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Defeats Motion to Dismiss On March 30, 2017, a Florida district court denied Tyco International Management Company’s (Tyco) motion to dismiss a Sarbanes-Oxley … Continued

OSHA Orders Wells Fargo to Pay $5.4M to Whistleblower

Wells Fargo Whistleblower Prevails at OSHA In what appears to be the largest DOL damages award in a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation case, OSHA issued an … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Will Address BNA Bloomberg Webinar About Trying Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Cases

Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak at a BNA Bloomberg webinar titled “Trying Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Cases” on Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 12:00 PM to … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Dallas Hammer to Speak at Webinar About Government Investigations & Corporate Compliance

Whistleblower attorney Dallas Hammer will speak at a Rossdale seminar titled Mastering Government Investigations & Corporate Compliance CLE on March 8, 2017. To register, click here. Mr. Hammer represents whistleblowers … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Interviewed by National Law Journal About Labor Secretary Nominee

A National Law Journal article titled What Should the Senate #AskPuzder? Labor Lawyers Have Questions summarizes interviews with employment lawyers across the country about what senators should … Continued

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

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

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