Whistleblower Protection Lawyers Archives

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at PLI Seminar “Corporate Whistleblowing in the Coronavirus Era 2020”

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the Practicing Law Institute’s seminar about Corporate Whistleblowing in the Coronavirus Era 2020 on July 13, 2020. Click here … Continued

Virginia whistleblower lawyer speaks on panel about Virginia whistleblower protection law

On June 25 and June 30, whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman spoke at a seminar titled A New Day in the Old Dominion: Virginia’s Sweeping New … Continued

Virginia Employment Lawyers Publish Article About Virginia Anti-Discrimination and Whistleblower Protection Laws

Virginia employment lawyers Jason Zuckerman and Dallas Hammer published an article in Virginia Lawyer magazine titled 2020 Legislative Session Heralds a Sea Change in Virginia … Continued

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 standard to curb the spread of COVID-19, making Virginia the … Continued

COVID Whistleblower Protection Act Would Provide Robust Protection for Disclosures About Pandemic-Related Appropriations

The multi-trillion-dollar federal spending to address COVID-19, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility … Continued

Employers Should Heed Tim Bray’s Message on Whistleblowers

Tim Bray recently resigned his position as Vice President and Senior Engineer at Amazon Web Services because he believed Amazon retaliated against employees who … Continued

Recent SEC Whistleblower Awards Highlight Pervasive Retaliation

Recent SEC Whistleblower Awards Highlight Pervasive Retaliation When the SEC proposed regulations implementing the Dodd-Frank Act SEC whistleblower reward provisions, many companies and the … Continued

Federal Law Should Protect Data Privacy Whistleblowers

Data Privacy Whistleblowing The recent explosion of state data privacy laws demonstrates the need for comprehensive federal data privacy regulation, which must include protection for … Continued

Virginia Enacts Whistleblower Protection Law

Virginia Whistleblower Protection Law On April 11, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law HB798, which protects workers from retaliation for reporting to … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Recovers More than $2.5M in Damages in False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation Case

In November 2019, Danita Erickson, a former sales representative at Biogen, prevailed at trial on her claims under the whistleblower protection provision of the … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted in PoliticoPro About Tax Whistleblower Rewards and Protections

PoliticoPro Tax quoted whistleblower lawyer Matthew Stock about the IRS whistleblower reward program and recently enacted legislation protecting tax fraud whistleblowers: New legal protections meant … Continued

IRS Whistleblower Program: $120 Million in Awards in FY 2019

IRS Whistleblower Office Issues $120 Million in Awards in FY 2019 The IRS Whistleblower Reward Program recently released its annual report, which reveals that in … Continued