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Whistleblower Lawyer Interviewed About SEC Whistleblower Award to Compliance Professional

Leading SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About Award to Compliance Professionals An article in Law 360 titled Big Awards Pushing Compliance Pros To Be Whistleblowers discusses the impact … Continued

SEC Awards More Than One Million Dollars to Compliance Officer

Compliance Officer Receives Whistleblower Bounty for Courageous Whistleblowing to the SEC Today the SEC announced a whistleblower award of more than one million dollars to a … Continued

OSHA Clarifies Investigative Standard for OSHA Whistleblower Investigations

OSHA has issued a memo clarifying the investigative standard for OSHA whistleblower investigations. Under the more than twenty whistleblower protection laws that OSHA enforces, … Continued

Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Flawed Defense Strategy in SOX Whistleblower Case

Playboy has sued Sheppard Mullin for malpractice and is seeking $7.6M in damages for losing a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case at trial “in spectacular fashion.” The … Continued

Whistleblower Obtains Restraining Order to Halt Retaliation

On April 15th, 2015, a whistleblower working at an Alabama plant that produces foam cushions and headrests for Hyundai obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring … 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

Whistleblower Attorney Zuckerman Quoted in Washington Post About SEC Order

SEC Combats Confidentiality Agreements Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman was quoted in an article in The Washington Post titled SEC says confidentiality agreements may have ‘muzzled’ whistleblowers … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Presents at CLE on Whistleblower Reward and Retaliation Claims

DC whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman spoke at a Bloomberg BNA CLE about recent developments in whistleblower reward and whistleblower retaliation claims. Zuckerman was joined by Sean X. … Continued

Whistleblower Advocates Petition DOL to Combat Corporate Muzzling of Whistleblowers

Update: In response to a petition for rulemaking filed by the Government Accountability Project and Zuckerman Law, OSHA’s Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs has issued policy … Continued

ARB Decision Clarifies Favorable Causation Standard for Whistleblowers

The Administrative Review Board’s decision in Powers v. Union Pacific Railroad is a significant victory for whistleblowers in that it establishes a favorable burden of proof for … Continued

False Claims Act Retaliation Decision Underscores Broad Scope of FCA Whistleblower Protection

False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation A recent decision in Mikhaeil v. Walgreens Inc., a False Claims Act retaliation case, establishes helpful precedent on the broad … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Case Clarifies the Burden for Pleading Knowledge of Protected Whistleblowing

Westawski SOX Whistleblower Case A recent Pennsylvania district court decision, Westawski v. Merck & Co., Inc clarifies that “when a plaintiff files a complaint alleging a SOX violation … Continued