DC whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will be chairing a DC Bar CLE titled “Recent Developments in Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, and False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation and Litigation” on July 15, 2014. The CLE features leading practitioners:
- Lynne Bernabei, Bernabei & Wachtel PLLC
- Connie Bertram, Proskauer
- Adam Carter, The Employment Law Group PC
- Nancy Delogu, Littler Mendelson PC
- Megan Guenther, US Department of Labor
- David Marshall, Katz Marshall & Banks LLP
- Daniel P Westman, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Jason Zuckerman, Law Office of Jason M Zuckerman PLLC (Course Chair)
This class will focus on hot topics in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Dodd-Frank, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and False Claims Act whistle-blower retaliation claims, including:
- The impact of the Supreme Court’s Lawson v Fidelity decision on the scope of SOX coverage;
- Whether internal disclosures are protected under Dodd-Frank;
- The Labor Department’s Administration Review Board and federal court decisions on the scope of protected conduct under SOX;
- The use of “purloined” documents to prove retaliation claims;
- Trends in OSHA enforcement of whistleblower protection laws;
- Recent decisions construing the 2009 amendments to the False Claims Act;
- Extraterritorial application of SOX and Dodd-Frank;
- Important distinctions in the remedies and causation standards of each of these statutes; and
- Implementation of the 2013 NDAA contractor whistleblower protection provisions.
