whistleblower lawyer Archives

Court Rejects “Duty Speech”/“Fraud Alert” Exception to False Claims Act Whistleblower Protection

False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblowers have enabled the federal government to recover nearly $30 billion, and in 2017 alone, qui tam cases filed by … Continued

Tax and Securities Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Interviewed by Bloomberg BNA

Tax and Securities Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Interviewed by Bloomberg BNA Tax and securities fraud whistleblower lawyer Matt Stock was interviewed by Bloomberg BNA for … Continued

Whistleblower Firm Publishes Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

Guide for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer has published a Practitioner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing. The guide can be downloaded here. The guide summarizes rewards and … Continued

Eric Bachman named a Principal with Zuckerman Law

Zuckerman Law named Eric Bachman, a leading employment lawyer, a Principal with the firm. Bachman, who joined Zuckerman Law in 2017, heads the firm’s discrimination … Continued

CFTC Whistleblower Program Off to a Slow Start

The recently issued annual report of the CFTC Office of the Whistleblower for fiscal year 2017 (October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017) indicates … Continued

Eric Bachman and Jason Zuckerman Listed as Top Whistleblower Lawyers in Washingtonian magazine

Top Whistleblower Lawyers Washingtonian magazine named Eric Bachman and Jason Zuckerman among the top whistleblower lawyers in its top lawyers’ edition. Washingtonian compiles its list … Continued

Annual Report Reveals SEC Whistleblower Program’s Bright Future: Hundreds of Millions in Whistleblower Awards Coming Soon

The 2017 Annual Report of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower reveals that the program is extraordinarily successful in enabling the SEC to protect investors … Continued

Report Improper Revenue Recognition and Qualify for an SEC Whistleblower Award

Reporting Improper Revenue Recognition to SEC Improper revenue recognition is the most common accounting violation targeted by the SEC. A January 2021 report issued … Continued

InsideOSHAOnline Reports on Whistleblower Firm’s Efforts to Combat Gag Clauses

An article in InsideOSHAOnline.com titled Whistleblower Attorney Backs New OSHA Guidance On Settlement Reviews reports on the successful efforts of Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About First-to-File Cases

Leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman shared his analysis of False Claims Act developments with Bloomberg Government Federal Contracts Report. An article titled “Two Rulings Force Whistle-Blowers To … Continued

Equifax Breach a Reminder That Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Have Protections

Equifax announced that it had suffered a breach of data belonging to as many as 143 million Americans. That’s about half the country. Worse, the breached … Continued

Appealing an SEC Whistleblower Award Determination

SEC Whistleblowers Denied Multimillion-Dollar Award On August 31, 2017, two whistleblowers appealed to the Second Circuit the SEC’s denial of a whistleblower award related … Continued

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