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Image of Courts Should Adopt Professor Hesch’s “Zone of Protection” Immunizing Whistleblowers From Contract or Tort Claims Arising From FCA Disclosures

Courts Should Adopt Professor Hesch’s “Zone of Protection” Immunizing Whistleblowers From Contract or Tort Claims Arising From FCA Disclosures

As the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) have become increasingly effective in enabling the government to recover billions of dollars … Continued

ARB Affirms $100,000 Compensatory Damages Award in STAA Whistleblower Retaliation Case

Truck Driver Terminated for Refusing to Drive in Unsafe Conditions In Fink v. R&L Transfer, Inc., the ARB affirmed an award of compensatory damages … Continued

Rail Safety Whistleblower Obtains $100,000 in Punitive Damages

In Griebel v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, the ARB affirmed an award of $100,000 in punitive damages to a former Union Pacific employee who alleged … Continued

Image of Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak at Bloomberg BNA Webinar on Recent Developments in Whistleblower Reward and Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak at Bloomberg BNA Webinar on Recent Developments in Whistleblower Reward and Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak at a Bloomberg BNA webinar on April 30, 2014 at 1:00p.m. ET about recent developments in whistleblowers reward and … Continued

NJ District Court Holds that Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing

As discussed in a prior post on this blog, there is a spit of authority about whether the whistleblower protection provision of the Dodd-Frank Act … Continued

Jury Awards Six Million Dollars to Whistleblower in Sarbanes-Oxley Case

A jury awarded six million dollars to Catherine Zulfer, a former accounting executive who alleged that her employment was terminated in retaliation for disclosing … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Zuckerman Will Speak at Upcoming ABA Conference

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak on a panel at the March 2014 ABA ERR Midwinter Meeting titled “Handling Whistleblower Claims: New Opportunities Create More … Continued

Supreme Court Decision Strengthens Corporate Whistleblower Rights

Today the Supreme Court held in Lawson v FMR that employees of contractors and subcontractors of publicly-traded companies are protected against retaliation under the whistleblower protection … Continued

Image of Issa-Grassley Report on FDA Surveillance Offers Critical Guidance to Agencies to Avoid Using Electronic Surveillance to Retaliate Against Whistleblowers

Issa-Grassley Report on FDA Surveillance Offers Critical Guidance to Agencies to Avoid Using Electronic Surveillance to Retaliate Against Whistleblowers

In a report titled “Limited Surveillance at the FDA: Protecting the Rights of Federal Whistleblowers,” Representative Issa and Senator Grassley offer crucial guidance for agencies … Continued