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Report Improper Revenue Recognition and Qualify for an SEC Whistleblower Award

On September 7, 2017, the SEC announced that financial services firm State Street agreed to pay more than $35 million to settle charges that it fraudulently charged secret mark-ups for transition management services. According to the SEC’s order, the scheme generated approximately $20 million in improper revenue for the firm. After a client discovered the … Continued

InsideOSHAOnline Reports on Whistleblower Firm’s Efforts to Combat Gag Clauses

An article in InsideOSHAOnline.com titled Whistleblower Attorney Backs New OSHA Guidance On Settlement Reviews reports on the successful efforts of Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), and whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman to persuade OSHA to adopt guidance for agency reviews of settlement agreements between whistleblowers and employers. In conjunction with GAP, Zuckerman drafted a … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About First-to-File Cases

Leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman shared his analysis of False Claims Act developments with Bloomberg Government Federal Contracts Report. An article titled “Two Rulings Force Whistle-Blowers To Wait, Maybe Too Long” quotes Zuckerman about the impact of two recent decisions construing the False Claims Act first-to-file bar, the DC Circuit’s opinion in Shea v. Cellco P’ship, 863 F.3d 923 … Continued

Equifax Breach a Reminder That Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Have Protections

The latest mega breach is a big one. Yesterday, 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 data was sensitive: names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and some driver’s license numbers. Even in a world where mega breaches … Continued

Appealing an SEC Whistleblower Award Determination

SEC Whistleblowers Denied Multimillion-Dollar Award On August 31, 2017, two whistleblowers appealed to the Second Circuit the SEC’s denial of a whistleblower award related to a 2012 enforcement action against Syntax-Brillian Corporation. According to the court filings, the whistleblowers provided information to the SEC that led to $60 million in civil fraud judgments against the … Continued

SEC to Announce Largest SEC Whistleblower Award to Date

J.P. Morgan Whistleblowers to Split $61 Million Award The SEC Whistleblower Office is set to announce its largest SEC whistleblower award to date – more than $61 million to two J.P. Morgan whistleblowers. Under the SEC’s whistleblower program, whistleblowers are eligible for awards when they provide original information to the SEC that leads to successful SEC … Continued

Leading SEC Whistleblower Law Firm Featured in Article About Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits

NLJ Article About Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits An article in the National Law Journal titled Law Firms React to Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits discusses the substantial growth in whistleblower rewards and whistleblower retaliation claims and mentions Zuckerman Law’s leading SEC whistleblower practice. The article reports that several firms have expanded their whistleblower practices … Continued

CFTC Strengthens Anti-Retaliation Protections for Whistleblowers and Improves CFTC Whistleblower Award Program

On May 22, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unanimously approved amendments to its whistleblower rules that strengthen anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers, prohibit “gag clauses” in employment agreements, and improve the CFTC Whistleblower Award Program. James McDonald, the Director of the CFTC Division of Enforcement, said the CFTC’s “approval of these rules today will … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Protects Disclosures About Inadequate Information Security Controls

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Defeats Motion to Dismiss On March 30, 2017, a Florida district court denied Tyco International Management Company’s (Tyco) motion to dismiss a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) retaliation claim brought by its former Manager of Financial Reporting, Carolina Thomas. According to the order in Thomas v. Tyco Int’l Mgmt. Co., LLC, 2017— F.Supp.3d —-2017 WL 4466507 (S.D. … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Interviewed by National Law Journal About Labor Secretary Nominee

A National Law Journal article titled What Should the Senate #AskPuzder? Labor Lawyers Have Questions summarizes interviews with employment lawyers across the country about what senators should ask Labor Secretary nominee Puzder at his confirmation hearing. The NLJ interviewed whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman, Principal of Washington DC whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law, and he proposed asking the … Continued

Whistleblower Rewards and Bounties for Disclosures of Market Manipulation Schemes

On February 3, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged The Royal Bank of Scotland a $85 million civil monetary penalty for an attempted manipulation of the U.S. Dollar International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fix (USD ISDAFIX) benchmark. According to the CFTC’s Order, RBS bid, offered, and executed transactions in targeted interest rate … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Authorizes Damages for Reputational Harm

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Damages and Remedies In a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation lawsuit headed to trial, Judge Sweet denied J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s (JPMC) motion in limine to prohibit SOX whistleblower Jennifer Sharkey from introducing evidence regarding reputational damage, harm to career, and emotional distress. JPMC asserted that the whistleblower protection provision of SOX does not cover damages … Continued