ACA

ACA Retaliation Claim Survives Despite No Complaint About ACA Provisions View More…

AML

AML Whistleblower Improvement Act Signed Into Law View More…

Associational Retaliation

Florida Private Sector Whistleblower Must Show Actual Violation of LawSixth Circuit: Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Not A Jurisdictional Bar For Title VII Retaliation Claim View More…

Best Practices

EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance with Anti-Retaliation SectionWhistleblower Claims on the Horizon Amid COVID-19 Pandemic View More…

CFPA

Pennsylvania District Court Grants Employer Summary Judgment on Whistleblower Retaliation Claims View More…

CFTC

CFTC Releases FY 2023 Annual Report on its Whistleblower ProgramCFTC Awards Over $15 Million to Two Whistleblowers View More…

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Proskauer Represents Employer Against Former Executive Found Liable for Snooping on Boss’s and Others’ Emails View More…

Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act

Tenth Circuit Affirms $1 Million Jury Award to Whistleblower View More…

Dodd Frank

CA District Court: SOX and Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions Do Not Apply To Individual Employed AbroadD.C. Circuit: No Award to Whistleblower Who Made Disclosure Before Enactment of SEC’s Whistleblower Program View More…

DOJ

DOJ Announces Development of a Pilot Whistleblower Rewards ProgramStudy: Does The Existence Of Whistleblowers In Enforcement Actions Mean Greater Penalties? View More…

DOL Decisions

ARB Rules That Complaints about Theoretical Violations are not Protected Whistleblowing Activity under Dodd-FrankDOL Decision Confirms Extraterritorial Limits of SOX Whistleblower Provision View More…

DTSA

District of Massachusetts Clarifies Immunity Defense Burden Under Defend Trade Secrets Act View More…

EEOC

EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance with Anti-Retaliation SectionEEOC Proposes Expansive Enforcement Guidance for Retaliation Claims View More…

Employee Document/Data Theft

California District Court Addresses Whistleblower's Self-HelpProskauer Represents Employer Against Former Executive Found Liable for Snooping on Boss’s and Others’ Emails View More…

False Claims Act

Third Circuit: Whistleblowers Are Not Shielded From Discipline for MisconductFlorida District Court Limits Scope of Protected Activity under the FCA View More…

FINRA

FINRA Again Cautions Against Confidentiality Provisions Silencing WhistleblowersFINRA Rule Amended: Whistleblower Claims Not Subject To Mandatory Arbitration View More…

FLSA Retaliation

Second Circuit Expands The Scope Of FLSA Protected Activity To Include Oral Complaints To EmployerEleventh Circuit: Liquidated Damages For FLSA Retaliation Discretionary, Not Mandatory View More…

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Ninth Circuit Affirms Most of Jury Verdict in Former GC’s SOX Whistleblower LawsuitA Clear Illustration of How HR & Employment Law Best Practices Intersect With Compliance View More…

Government Contractors

Department of State Inspector General Issues Report on Contractor Confidentiality Provisions with EmployeesSupreme Court Considers Review of Two False Claims Act Whistleblower Suits View More…

International

German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) Releases Online Whistleblowing SystemNew UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions View More…

Investigations

NLRB Permits Confidentiality Restrictions During Internal InvestigationsWhen A Whistleblower Investigation Turns Criminal View More…

IRS Whistleblower Program

$53 Million Paid To IRS Whistleblowers in 2013Senator Grassley's Harsh Criticisms Of IRS Whistleblower Program Implementation View More…

Key ARB Decisions

ARB Affirms Dismissal of SOX Whistleblower Claim for Lack of Protected ActivityARB Denies Equitable Tolling of 180-Day Statute of Limitations Under SOX View More…

Legislation

AML Whistleblower Improvement Act Signed Into LawNew York’s Whistleblower Protection Law Is Dramatically Expanded View More…

OSHA Administration

Third Circuit Refuses to Enforce Preliminary Reinstatement Order Issued By OSHADistrict of NJ: Federal Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Enforce Preliminary Reinstatement Orders Under SOX View More…

Rule 21F-17

SEC Announces Slew of Enforcement Actions Regarding Whistleblower Protection RuleSDNY: Confidentiality Agreement Impeded Investors from Whistleblowing View More…

SEC

SEC Awards Two Whistleblowers More Than $98 MillionSEC Announces $37 Million Award to Whistleblower View More…

SOX Whistleblower Decisions

DC District Court Dismisses SOX Whistleblower Retaliation Claim Where Plaintiff Was Employed Abroad And His Employment Contract Was Not Governed By U.S. LawWashington Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss SOX Whistleblower Claim Despite Plaintiff Working Abroad View More…

State-Specific Whistleblower Claims

Illinois Federal Court Grants Employer Summary Judgment on Several Types of Whistleblower Retaliation ClaimsNinth Circuit Takes Broad View of Protected Activity under the California Whistleblower Protection Act View More…

Stored Communications Act

Proskauer Represents Employer Against Former Executive Found Liable for Snooping on Boss’s and Others’ Emails View More…

Title VII

ARB Rejects SOX Claim Due to Complainant’s HarassmentN.D. Ill. Denies Employer Summary Judgment On Retaliation Claim, Stressing Shifting Explanation For Discharge View More…

Uncategorized

CA District Court Upholds $1.5 Million Jury Verdict and Awards $2.4 Million for Attorneys’ Fees in Long-Running SOX Whistleblower LawsuitLA Jury Awards Whistleblower $1.5 Million View More…

Verdicts

CA District Court Upholds $1.5 Million Jury Verdict and Awards $2.4 Million for Attorneys’ Fees in Long-Running SOX Whistleblower LawsuitLA Jury Awards Whistleblower $1.5 Million View More…

Whistleblower

Former Executive Secures $34.5 Million Settlement in Whistleblower Retaliation CaseNinth Circuit Revives Rail Worker’s Whistleblower Claims View More…