Katherine Krems

Katherine Krems represents employees in discrimination, sexual harassment, and whistleblower retaliation cases. She is focused on finding creative solutions and maximizing her clients’ recoveries. Prior to law school, she worked on policy reforms in Congress to strengthen the rights of workers, women, and marginalized groups.
How the IRS Whistleblower Program Can Combat Cryptocurrency Tax Fraud

How the IRS Whistleblower Program Can Combat Cryptocurrency Tax Fraud

Cryptocurrency Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion Due to weak reporting requirements that have not kept…

3 years ago

SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement Action Underscores Why Cybersecurity Whistleblower Disclosures Should be Protected under SOX

  There is mixed authority on whether the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection law protects disclosures about…

3 years ago

How to Report Spoofing and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

Spoofing and Market Manipulation Spoofing is a form of market manipulation where traders artificially inflate…

3 years ago

Top 10 Ways Companies Cook the Books and How to Get an SEC Whistleblower Reward for Reporting Accounting Fraud

  Companies “cook the books” when they use accounting schemes and tricks to falsify their…

3 years ago

DOL Judge Awards Airline Pilot $500,000 in Compensatory Damages in AIR21 Whistleblower Retaliation Case

In a decision finding that Delta violated the anti-retaliation provision of the AIR21 whistleblower protection…

3 years ago

Court Holds that an Internal Complaint About a Potential HIPPA Violation is Protected Under New Hampshire Whistleblower Law

  When an employee suffers retaliation for raising concerns to their employer about HIPPA violations,…

3 years ago

SEC Adopts Amendments to Whistleblower Rules that Will Strengthen Some Aspects of the Program But Also Reduce Large Awards and Limit Protection Against Retaliation

By a vote of 3-2, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules governing the SEC…

4 years ago

Virginia Employees Protected From Retaliation for Raising Concerns About COVID-19 Workplace Safety Issues

On July 15, 2020, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board approved an emergency workplace…

4 years ago

Virginia Wage Payment Act Now Provides Meaningful Remedies to Wage Theft Victims

Virginia has enacted important amendments to the state’s wage payment laws that drastically strengthen employees’…

4 years ago

ARB Narrows Extraterritorial Application of Airline Safety Whistleblower Protection Law

Last week, Boeing whistleblower Ed Pierson courageously testified at a Congressional hearing about his warnings…

4 years ago

Auditor’s Report Indicates that Cybersecurity Disclosures May Be Protected Under SOX

This past month, Ernst & Young (EY) released a report further demonstrating how cybersecurity has…

4 years ago