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 a panel titled Whistle While You Work: Does Your Whistleblower Have a Qui Tam. Zuckerman will join distinguished employment lawyer Robert Niccolini to discuss recent developments under whistleblower protection laws, including the whistleblower protection provisions of the False Claims Act and Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Additional details about the program appear below:
This yearly class provides an update on cutting-edge issues and the changing nature of employment law. Leading employment practitioners from both sides of the aisle will explain the law and give practice pointers on how cases are litigated and issues are dealt with in federal and state courts. This year’s panels include:
• LGBT Discrimination and “Bathroom” Statutes
Faculty: Shelby Skeabeck, Shawe Rosenthal, LLP; Michael Vogelsang, The Employment Law Group, P.C.
• Party Like its 1099: A Look at the New FLSA Overtime Rules
Faculty: Kara Ariail, Holland & Knight LLP; Michael Amster, Zipin, Amster &
Greenberg, LLC
• It’s Not You, It’s Me: Litigating a Failure to Hire Case
Faculty: Daniel Kohrman, AARP Foundation Litigation; Alison Davis, Littler Mendelson P.C.
• Whistle While You Work: Does Your Whistleblower Have a Qui Tam
Faculty: Robert Niccolini, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; Jason Zuckerman, Zuckerman Law
• Cascading Leaves: FMLA and Paid Leave Statutes
Faculty: Carla Brown, Charlson Bredehoft Cohen & Brown, P.C.; Susanne Harris Carnell, Lorenger & Carnell PLC
Faculty Chair: R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal, The Employment Law Group, P.C.