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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

Pro Se Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Prevails in Jury Trial

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Obtains Substantial Damages An article in Corporate Counsel titled How to Help a Whistleblower tells the story of Dr. Perez, a Sarbanes Oxley … Continued

ARB Decision in Nuclear Whistleblower Case Underscores Favorable Causation Burden for Whistleblowers

The Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s recent decision in Armstrong v. Flowserve US, Inc., ARB Case No. 14-023 (Sept. 14, 2016) underscores how … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at Webinar About Whistleblower Investigations

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman, Principal of Washington, DC firm whistleblower firm Zuckerman Law, will speak at a Rossdale webinar on October 26th about whistleblower investigations. … Continued

Washington DC Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak at DC Bar Panel About Whistleblower Litigation

Washington DC whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the DC Bar’s annual CLE Changing Currents in Employment Law 2016: Recent Trends and Developments on … Continued

Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of Protected Whistleblowing

A recent decision in Kuhns v. Ledger, No. 15-civ-3246-NRB, 2016 WL 4705160 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 24, 2016), underscores the broad scope of protected conduct under … Continued

Retaliatory Lawsuit Against Whistleblower Dismissed on Summary Judgment

On September 7, 2016, a Texas appellate court in MJS and Associates, LLC v. Master et al., No. 12-15-00219-CV (Tex. Ct. App. 2016) affirmed a … Continued

SEC Enforcement Director Touts Success of SEC Whistleblower Program

In a speech to whistleblower lawyers about the SEC’s Whistleblower Program, SEC Enforcement Director Andrew Ceresney praised the early success of the Whistleblower Program. He … 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

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Obtains $2.7M in Front Pay

SOX Whistleblower Wins at Trial A federal jury awarded $1.6 million in compensatory damages to Julio Perez in a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Following extensive … Continued

CFTC Proposed Regulations Will Protect Whistleblowers and Prohibit Gag Clauses

In a marked shift from its 2011 rulemaking implementing the whistleblower reward provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of SOX Protected Conduct

A win by a Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) whistleblower in Burns v Medtronic, No. 8:15-cv-2330-T17-TBM, 2016 WL 3769369 (M.D. Fla. July 12, 2016), highlights the broad … Continued

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