Whistleblower Protection Lawyers

What is anticipatory retaliation?

What is anticipatory retaliation?

Anticipatory retaliation occurs when an employer takes or threatens to take an adverse employment action…

4 years ago

Does OSHA protect the confidentiality of a witness in an OSHA whistleblower investigation?

OSHA is required to protect the confidentiality of a witness in a whistleblower investigation to…

4 years ago

What laws protect health care whistleblowers against retaliation in Maryland?

Collapse What laws protect health care whistleblowers in Maryland? The Maryland Health Care Worker Whistleblower…

4 years ago

What laws protect health care whistleblowers against retaliation in Virginia?

Collapse What laws protect health care whistleblowers in Virginia? VA Code Ann. §§ 63.2-1730 and…

4 years ago

Does retaliation against an employee due to the employee’s testimony in federal court violate civil rights laws?

Yes. In Haddle v. Garrison, 525 U.S. 121 (1998), the Supreme Court held that terminating an…

4 years ago

What is whistleblower retaliation and how can a whistleblower retaliation lawyer remedy retaliation?

Whistleblower retaliation laws prohibit a broad range of retaliatory actions against whistleblowers, including any act…

4 years ago

Is Whistleblowing About Upcoding Protected Under the False Claims Act’s Anti-Retaliation Provision?

  Yes.  For example, in January 2019, Tennessee District Judge Pamela Reeves held that Thomas…

5 years ago

What is a whistleblower reward?

  Whistleblower Rewards for Reporting Wrongdoing A whistleblower reward is a monetary incentive provided by…

6 years ago

Whistleblower Protection Act Lawyers

Whistleblower Protection Act Lawyers The Whistleblower Protection Act protects federal employees, including Veterans Affairs whistleblowers,…

6 years ago

What laws prohibit defense contractors from retaliating against whistleblowers?

Collapse False Claims Act Whistleblower Protection for Defense Contractor Whistleblowers The anti-retaliation provision of the…

6 years ago

To engage in protected conduct, must a whistleblower cite a specific violation of law or regulation?

Scope of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection The Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board and several federal…

6 years ago

What are examples of SOX protected activity (protected whistleblowing)?

SOX Protected Whistleblowing Whistleblowers are protected under SOX for providing information, causing information to be…

6 years ago