cybersecurity whistleblower Archives

Cybersecurity Whistleblower Attorney Will Speak at CLE About Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

Cybersecurity Whistleblower Attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak at a CLE on May 13, 2021 about cybersecurity and data privacy whistleblower protections. Zuckerman is privileged to join … Continued

Senate Data Privacy Bill Would Provide Robust Protection to Data Privacy Whistleblowers

On June 18, 2020, Sen. Sherrod Brown introduced the Data Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020 (DATA 2020), which would establish enforceable privacy rights, limit … Continued

Cybersecurity Whistleblower Protections for Employees of Federal Contractors and Grantees

For information security professionals, identifying cybersecurity vulnerabilities is often part of the job. That is no less the case when the job involves a contract … Continued

Data Privacy Whistleblowers Would be Protected Under Proposed Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation

Yesterday Senators Maria Cantwell, Brian Schatz, Amy Klobuchar, and Ed Markey introduced comprehensive federal online privacy legislation to establish privacy rights, outlaw harmful and deceptive … Continued

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 affected public corporations and the way they do business. As … Continued

Facebook SEC Enforcement Action Has Important Implications for Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

On July 24th, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Facebook, Inc. has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve charges that Facebook made … Continued

Whistleblower Firm Publishes Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

Guide for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer has published a Practitioner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing. The guide can be downloaded here. The guide summarizes rewards and … Continued

Whistleblower Law Firm Calls for Stronger Protections for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

See our post in NYU Law’s Compliance and Enforcement Blog: Effective Cybersecurity and Data Protection Legislation Should Protect Whistleblowers Whistleblower attorneys Dallas Hammer and Jason … Continued

Equifax Breach a Reminder That Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Have Protections

Equifax announced that it had suffered a breach of data belonging to as many as 143 million Americans. That’s about half the country. Worse, the breached … Continued

Corporate Counsel Article Highlights Increase in Whistleblower Claims

An article in Corporate Counsel titled “Ride the Whistleblower Wave” discusses the increase in whistleblower litigation and quotes whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman about recent developments … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Will Address BNA Bloomberg Webinar About Trying Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Cases

Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak at a BNA Bloomberg webinar titled “Trying Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Cases” on Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 … Continued

NY Appeals Court Decision Signals that Cybersecurity Whistleblowing Implicates Corporate Theft

Whistleblower Disclosures About Data Leakage Implicate Corporate Theft Most people don’t think about what whistleblower laws may protect them until they need them. Many information … Continued