When Congress amended the whistleblower protection provisions of the False Claims Actin 2009, it added “contractors” and “agents” to the ambit of protected whistleblowers. The … Continued
Washingtonian magazine named Eric Bachman and Jason Zuckerman among the top whistleblower lawyers in its December 2018 top lawyers’ edition. Washingtonian compiles its list of Washington DC’s top legal … Continued
SEC Whistleblower Program Has Record-Breaking Year The SEC Whistleblower Program continued its remarkable run of success in fiscal year 2018. As detailed in its … Continued
Washington DC whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will chair a DC Bar CLE titled Handling Whistleblower Claims 2018, Rights of Private Sector Employees on June 18, … Continued
Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a Practicing Law Institute seminar about corporate whistleblowing on June 26, 2018. To register for this seminar, click … Continued
Click here to learn more about anti-retaliation protections for SEC whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Act and Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If you have suffered retaliation for whistleblowing, call our Dodd-Frank … Continued
Although federal whistleblower protection laws can provide robust protection against retaliation, most of them do not authorize punitive damages. Accordingly, some whistleblowers supplement statutory claims … Continued
False Claims Act Prohibited Retaliation When Congress included an anti-retaliation provision in the False Claims Act, it sought to “halt companies and individuals from using … Continued
Ethics Survey Underscores Challenges that Corporate Whistleblowers Face The Ethics & Compliance Initiative has released a Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) that includes several significant findings that … Continued
Laws Barring SLAPP Suits Are an Important Tool for Qui Tam Whistleblowers To dissuade qui tam whistleblowers from providing information to the government, some companies … Continued
The Supreme Court’s Somers decision limiting the scope of whistleblower protection under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) is a loss … Continued
In a recent decision, Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation claim, holding that FCA retaliation claims require a … Continued