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Whistleblower Firm Zuckerman Law Named a Tier 1 Firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2017

U.S. News and Best Lawyers® have named Zuckerman Law a Tier 1 firm in Litigation – Labor and Employment in the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 2017 edition “Best Law Firms.” … Continued

Audit Reveals IRS Whistleblower Program Needs Improvements

TIGTA Audits of IRS Whistleblower Program According to an audit report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS Whistleblower Office (WO) … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Will Speak at Risk, Ethics & Compliance Forum

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman, Principal of Washington, DC firm whistleblower firm Zuckerman Law, will speak at the November 2, 2016 Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute … Continued

False Claims Act Retaliation Law Protects Efforts to Stop an FCA Violation

False Claims Act Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractor Employees A decision in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) whistleblower retaliation case clarifies the broad scope of … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Will Speak at Employment Law Conference About SOX Whistleblower Protections

SOX whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the Florida Bar’s Hot Topics in Employment Law conference about recent developments in SOX. Zuckerman will address … 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

Whistleblower Law Firm Zuckerman Law Recognized as Tier 1 Firm in Washington DC in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”

Washington D.C. whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law has received a First Tier ranking in Washington D.C. in Litigation – Labor & Employment in the 2016 … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak About Whistleblower Protection Laws at TAF Conference

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman, Principal of whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law, will be speaking about recent developments under whistleblower protection laws at the Taxpayers Against … Continued

SEC Enforcement Action Portends Rewards for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

Cybersecurity SEC Enforcement Action The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday that it had settled charges that investment adviser R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management … Continued

OSHA Orders Railroad to Pay $536k in Whistleblower Case

Whistleblower Disciplined for Reporting an Injury OSHA ordered Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to pay $536K in damages for violating the whistleblower retaliation provision of the … Continued

Sixth Circuit Hands A Landmark Victory to SOX Whistleblowers

SOX Corporate Whistleblower Prevails at Trial and on Appeal The Sixth Circuit’s decision in Rhinehimer v. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. on May 28 broadly construing protected … 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

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