Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Whistleblowers

Whistleblower’s Claims Against Former Employer Survive Summary Judgment

by Jason F. Clouser, William M. Regan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/15/2013

In a case involving “several questions of first impression,” the US District Court for the Southern District of New York denied summary judgment for all but one of the defendants in a case alleging violations of the...more

C.D. Cal. Greenlights SOX Claim, Analyzing Whether Scienter Must Be Shown Where Violation Of Internal Controls Is Alleged

by Noa Baddish, Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 5/7/2013

On April 24, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued its final ruling that a SOX whistleblower complaint survived a Rule 12(b)(6) challenge. Zulfer v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc., No....more

Criminal Antitrust Update - April 2013

by Andrew Friedman, Hannibal G. Williams II Kemerer | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/6/2013

INDUSTRY SCORECARD - E-books: Macmillan has become the latest and final major e-book publisher to resolve price-fixing allegations by the DOJ Antitrust Division (the “Division”)...more

New Whistleblower Bounty Law On The Horizon In NY?

by Steven J. Pearlman, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 5/1/2013

On March 22, 2013, the New York State Senate introduced the S4362 Proposal which, through a “bounty,” gives financial awards to whistleblowers who provide original information to the Department of Financial Services (DFS)...more

Labor Letter - April 2013: Cussing Out Your Employee May Get You Sued…By OSHA?

by Howard Mavity | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 4/5/2013

Hopefully you’re already aware of the continuing escalation of all forms of whistleblower and retaliation claims, including under the 20+ Anti-Retaliation laws enforced by special investigators from OSHA’s Whistleblower...more

False Claims Act Focus - December 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/22/2012

EDITOR’S NOTE - Recent reports from the Department of Justice that it collected a record $4.9 billion under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2012 only underscore what we’ve been seeing in our practice and elsewhere in...more

Don't Get Fried by Davis-Bacon

by Daniel A. Kaplan | Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/18/2012

Web sites abound advising employees they can make “millions” by blowing the whistle on their employers for alleged violations of laws, rules, or regulations. The federal law known as the False Claims Act (FCA) also contains...more

The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program: An Analysis of the SEC’s Second Annual Report, Best Practices for Dealing with...

by Raymond Banoun | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/11/2012

I. Introduction On November 15, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "the Commission") issued its Second Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program ("the Report"), covering the period...more

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