corporate whistleblower rights Archives

NHTSA Issues Regulation Barring Gag Provisions in Settlement Agreements

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued an Enforcement Guidance Bulletin barring gag provisions in protective orders and settlement agreements that would prohibit … Continued

Whistleblower Protections and Incentives for Auditors and Accountants

What Whistleblower Protection Laws Protect or Reward Accountants and Auditors? In Lawson v. FMR, the Supreme Court recognized the critical roles that auditors and accountants play … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak at NELA Conference About Representing Corporate Whistleblowers

Jason Zuckerman, Principal of whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law, will speak on a panel about representing corporate whistleblowers at a NELA conference titled Reining In … 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

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 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

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

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

Whistleblower Obtains $80,000 in Punitive Damages

A jury awarded a hair stylist $80,000 in punitive damages in Peasley v. Regis Corporation, a whistleblower case brought under the Maine Whistleblower Protection Act. … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Development

An article in the Daily Journal titled “Playboy’s professional negligence suit faces tough hurdles, lawyers say” quotes leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about a malpractice … Continued

Article Reports on Petition to Strengthen Whistleblower Rights

A Reuters article titled “Labor Department asked to ban gag clauses for whistleblowers” reports on a rulemaking petition filed by whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law and the … Continued

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