Whistleblower Protection Law Archives

Whistleblower Law Firm Calls for Stronger Protections for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

Whistleblower attorneys Dallas Hammer and Jason Zuckerman are urging the sponsor of the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 3806) to add a provision to the bill protecting cybersecurity whistleblowers against retaliation. Based on their experience representing information security professionals, Hammer and Zuckerman have found that many cybersecurity whistleblowers have no recourse … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Eric Bachman Will Speak at ABA Conference

Whistleblower and employment discrimination lawyer Eric Bachman to speak at the American Bar Association’s 11th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference from November 8-11, 2017. Bachman and other experts will speak on November 9, 2017 in Washington, DC about “Federal Employee Rights and Responsibilities in a Changing Civil Service Landscape.” Specifically, the panelists will offer insights on … Continued

Former Office of Special Counsel Officials Release Guide to Whistleblower Protection Act

Guide to Whistleblower Protection Act Whistleblower attorneys Eric Bachman and Jason Zuckerman, former senior officials at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, have released a guide for federal employee whistleblowers titled The Whistleblower Protection Act: Empowering Federal Employees to Root Out Waste, Fraud and Abuse and is available for download by clicking here.The goal of … Continued

Corporate Whistleblower Attorney Quoted in NLJ About SOX Extraterritoriality

National Law Journal Quotes SOX Whistleblower Law Jason Zuckerman An article in the National Law Journal titled Labor Panel Defines Global Scope of Whistleblower Law, Reviving Contractor’s Claims quotes whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about the potential impact of the Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s decision in Blanchard v. Exelis Systems Corp., ARB No. 15-031, ALJ No. 2014-SOX-20 (ARB … Continued

American Banker Quotes Whistleblower Attorney Jason Zuckerman About Wells Fargo Whistleblower Cases

In an article titled Unprotected: How the feds failed two Wells Fargo whistleblowers, American Banker quotes leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about the challenges that some Wells Fargo whistleblowers have encountered pursuing retaliation claims. The article discusses SOX whistleblower claims brought by two former Wells Fargo retailer bankers alleging that they suffered retaliation for disclosing … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection at 15 Years: Promise Unfulfilled

Origin of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Provision Fifteen years ago, the U.S. economy suffered massive job losses and fell into a recession due to corporate accounting fraud. When Congress investigated the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, it found that courageous whistleblowers, most notably, Sherron Watkins and Cynthia Cooper, tried to warn management of the fraud. Senior leadership … Continued

Wells Fargo Whistleblower Prevails in OSHA Investigation of Retaliation Claims

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate and pay approximately $577,500 damages to a former branch manager in Pomona who was terminated for complaining about salespersons creating unauthorized accounts to meet unrealistic sales targets. This is the second Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) order in 2017 ruling for … Continued

Congress Strengthens Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees

Yesterday President Trump signed into law Follow the Rules Act, which prohibits an agency from taking a personnel action against an employee for refusing an order that would require the employee violate a law, rule or regulation. The Act overturns the Federal Circuit’s 2016 decision in Rainey v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 2016 WL 3165617 (Fed. Cir. June … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About Comey’s Leak to the Press

An article in the Washington Examiner titled Is James Comey in trouble for ‘leaking’ his own notes? quotes whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about whether Mr. Comey’s disclosures to The New York Times could land him in hot water. The article notes that leaking government information can be punishable under the Espionage Act and other … Continued

Comey’s Testimony Underscores Need for Strong Whistleblower Protections

For me, the most telling moment of former FBI Director Jim Comey’s June 8th testimony occurred early in the hearing, when Mr. Comey choked up as he recalled the White House’s publicly stating that the President had fired him because the “FBI was in disarray.” This emotional display seemed out of character for Mr. Comey. … Continued

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of Protected Whistleblowing

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York clarifies the broad scope of protected whistleblowing under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”). In Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, the court held that: To be protected under SOX, an employee-whistleblower need only prove that he or she “reasonably believed” that his … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at PLI Seminar on Corporate Whistleblowing

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the PLI Institute seminar on Corporate Whistleblowing in 2017 on June 28, 2017 in New York. Zuckerman is privileged to join a panel on legal developments in the Whistleblower Space with Christopher Ehrman, Renee Phillips, and Teri M. Wigger. The panel will address key developments, including: Anticipated impact … Continued