Whistleblower Remedies Archives

False Claims Act Whistleblower Obtains Favorable Ruling on Double Back Pay

False Claims Act Whistleblower Disclosed Kickbacks In a recent False Claims Act case, a whistleblower obtained a favorable ruling on the remedies available for … Continued

OSHA Issues Final Rules Implementing Consumer Financial Protection Whistleblower Law

Whistleblower Law Protecting Employees in Banking and Financial Services OSHA has issued final rules implementing the whistleblower protection provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act … Continued

OSHA Orders Bank to Reinstate Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower

JP Morgan Chase Whistleblower Prevails in CFPA Retaliation Claim at OSHA OSHA has ordered JP Morgan Chase to reinstate a former operations manager whose employment … 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

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

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

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

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Airline Pilot Whistleblower Wins Appeal In an unpublished decision, the Fifth Circuit affirmed pilot Roger Luder’s win in his AIR21 whistleblower retaliation claim against Continental … Continued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

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

SOX and Dodd-Frank Do Not Preempt a Wrongful Discharge Claim in WA

The Washington Supreme Court held in Becker v. Community Health Systems that the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act do not … 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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