Whistleblower Protection Lawyers Archives

US Steel Rescinding Immediate Injury Reporting Policy in Settlement of Two Whistleblower Retaliation Cases

Settlement of Whistleblower Retaliation Case Includes Rescission of Immediate Reporting Policy In a settlement of two Section 11(c) whistleblower retaliation cases, US Steel agreed to rescind … Continued

ARB Decision Underscores the Broad Scope of Whistleblower Protection for Airline Employees

The Department of Labor Administrative Board’s decision in Bondurant v. Southwest Airlines underscores the broad scope of whistleblower protection for airline employees under the AIR21 whistleblower … Continued

Whistleblower Rewards and Protections for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

What Laws Protect and Reward Whistleblowing About Cybersecurity? A cybersecurity whistleblower can qualify for an SEC whistleblower award, a False Claims Act qui tam … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Lawyer Co-Authors ABA Paper About Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Lawyer SOX whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman co-authored the 2016 Annual Update on the Whistleblower Provisions of SOX for the Midwinter Meeting of … Continued

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Airline Pilot Whistleblower Wins Appeal In an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit affirmed pilot Roger Luder’s win in his AIR21 whistleblower retaliation claim against Continental … Continued

FAA and OSHA Enter into Agreement to Strengthen Enforcement of AIR21 Whistleblower Protection Law

FAA and OSHA Enforcement of Aviation Whistleblower Protection Law (AIR21 Whistleblower Law) The FAA and OSHA have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate … Continued

False Claims Act Retaliation Decision Calls “Duty Speech” Heightened Pleading Standard into Question

Whistleblower Disclosed False Billing A recent decision from the Southern District of New York denying a motion to dismiss a False Claims Act retaliation case … Continued

District Court Rejects Materiality Requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Actions

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Need Not Prove Securities Fraud In Donaldson v. Severn Savings Bank, Judge Bredar held that there is no independent materiality element to establish protected … Continued

False Claims Act Decision Recognizes Public Policy Exception to Confidentiality Agreements

In a False Claims Act case in which the relators allege that Mount Sinai Hospital and affiliated entities committed improper billing and wrongful payment … 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

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

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