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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

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

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 PM ET. This year a jury awarded Sanford Wadler, the former General Counsel of a public company, approximately $11M in damages in a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) whistleblower case. And SOX cases … Continued

Pro Se Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Prevails in Jury Trial

Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Obtains Substantial Damages An article in Corporate Counsel titled How to Help a Whistleblower tells the story of Dr. Perez, a Sarbanes Oxley whistleblower who prevailed at trial after eight years of hard-fought litigation. Dr. Perez recovered approximately $5M and represented himself throughout most of the litigation, including at trial. The article in … Continued

Whistleblower Recovers $250,000 in Punitive Damages

In Raye v. Pan Am Rys., Inc., ARB Case No. 14-074, slip op. (U.S. Dep’t of Labor Sept. 8, 2016), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) clarified the standard for assessing punitive damages awards under the anti-retaliation provision of the Federal Rail Safety Act of 1982 (“FRSA”). Punitive Damages in FRSA Whistleblower … Continued

US Steel Rescinding Immediate Injury Reporting Policy in Settlement of Two Whistleblower Retaliation Cases

Settlement of Whistleblower Retaliation Case Includes Rescission of Immediate Reporting Policy In a settlement of two Section 11(c) whistleblower retaliation cases, US Steel agreed to rescind and not enforce its Immediate Reporting Policy. US Steel’s Immediate Reporting Policy discouraged employees from reporting injuries because they risk violating US Steel’s temporally stringent requirement under the policy. This … Continued

OSHA Fines Employer $105,000 for Retaliating Against an Employee Who Complained About Mold Exposure

Disclosing Toxic Mold Exposure is Protected Whistleblowing Under Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act IFCO Services N.A. (IFCO) has agreed to pay $105,000 for violating Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act when it terminated Debra Walters, an office manager, for her disclosures about mold exposure. When Ms. Walters alerted management … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Obtains Favorable Rule on Double Back Pay

False Claims Act Whistleblower Disclosed Kickbacks In a recent False Claims Act case, a whistleblower obtained a favorable ruling on the remedies available for False Claims Act whistleblowers. In Mooney v. Americare, the whistleblower alleged retaliation for disclosing kickbacks from fraudulent referrals and the fraudulent alteration of documents submitted to Medicaid and Medicare. In particular, … Continued

OSHA Issues Final Rules Implementing Consumer Financial Protection Whistleblower Law

Whistleblower Law Protecting Employees in the Banking or Financial Services Industry OSHA has issued final rules implementing the whistleblower protection provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). Enacted as Section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPA’s whistleblower protection provision provides robust protection to employees who disclose fraud related to consumer financial protection services. … Continued

OSHA Orders Bank to Reinstate Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower

JP Morgan Chase Whistleblower Prevails in CFPA Retaliation Claim at OSHA OSHA has ordered JP Morgan Chase to reinstate a former operations manager whose employment was terminated because he raised concerns about failures to properly record loans, both internally and to government regulators, and for refusing to override a failed compliance test and falsely report … Continued

Protections and Rewards for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

What Laws Protect and Reward Whistleblowing About Cybersecurity? With cybersecurity becoming a topic of ever-increasing visibility and importance, information security professionals may ask what protection they have when they raise concerns about inadequate or deficient cybersecurity. The whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act protects certain disclosures about cybersecurity, and other laws provide additional protection. In addition, … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Quoted About OSHA Whistleblower Investigations

A Bloomberg-BNA article entitled New Whistle-Blower Investigation Guidance From OSHA quotes leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about OSHA’s revised standard governing investigations of the whistleblower protection laws that OSHA enforces. The article reports that OSHA has issued a revised Whistleblower Investigations Manual that defines “reasonable cause” as “somewhat lower than the preponderance of … Continued