Corporate whistleblower protection Archives

OSHA Issues Final Regulations Governing Transportation Safety Whistleblower Claims

OSHA issued final regulations implementing the whistleblower protection provisions of the National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA) and the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA). The … 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

False Claims Act Retaliation Law Does Not Preempt State Wrongful Discharge Claims

False Claims Act Retaliation Provision is Not an Exclusive Remedy In Salazar v. Monaco Enterprises, Inc., a Washington federal judge held that the whistleblower protection … Continued

OIG Report Recommends Improvements to OSHA Whistleblower Program

The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General has issued a report assessing what improvements have been made to the DOL’s Whistleblower Protection Program since the … 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 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

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Selected to the 2016 Best Lawyers in America

Whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law is pleased to announce that whistlebower lawyer Jason Zuckerman was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2016 … Continued

DC Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak on Webinar About Recent Developments In Whistleblower Law

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a NELA webinar on September 30, 2015 about Recent Developments In Whistleblower Law. Recently there have been … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Recovers Nearly $5 Million

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Wins at Trial A New York federal jury awarded $1.6M in compensatory damages to a whistleblower in a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. With … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Zuckerman Will Speak at Corporate Whistleblowing Forum

Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak on a panel at the Thomson Reuters 4th Annual Corporate Whistleblowing Forum on September 9, 2015 in New York. Faculty for … Continued

DC Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Quoted About Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection

A Law360 article titled Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Debate May Be High Court Bound quotes DC whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about interpretive guidance that the SEC issued … Continued

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