Sarbanes-oxley whistleblower protection Archives

Are whistleblowing executives protected against retaliation?

According to the Ethics and Compliance Initiative’s 2018 Global Business Ethics Survey, 58% of top managers at companies experienced retaliation for raising ethics or … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Chairing Course on Handling Whistleblower Claims 2018

Washington DC whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will chair a DC Bar CLE titled Handling Whistleblower Claims 2018, Rights of Private Sector Employees on June 18, … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at PLI Seminar About Corporate Whistleblowing

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a Practicing Law Institute seminar about corporate whistleblowing on June 26, 2018. To register for this seminar, click … Continued

Ethics Survey Reveals Increase in Perceived Whistleblower Retaliation and Increased Pressure to Compromise Ethical Standards

Ethics Survey Underscores Challenges that Corporate Whistleblowers Face The Ethics & Compliance Initiative has released a Global Business Ethics Survey (GBES) that includes several significant findings that … Continued

Supreme Court Whistleblower Decision Not a Game Changer: SOX Remains a Potent Remedy for Whistleblowers

The Supreme Court’s Somers decision limiting the scope of whistleblower protection under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) is a loss … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Case

SOX whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman is quoted in American Banker and Financial Planning in article entitled Wells Fargo ends fight with a whistleblower in fake-accounts … Continued

Whistleblower Firm Publishes Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

Guide for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer has published a Practitioner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing. The guide can be downloaded here. The guide summarizes rewards and … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Hammer Interviewed by Bloomberg About Whistleblower Case

Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer is quoted in a December 12, 2017 BNA Bloomberg article titled “Agency Deference at Play in Whistleblower Case” about the recent oral argument … Continued

JP Morgan SOX Whistleblower Wins $1.13M at Trial

After an arduous eight year battle, including two successful appeals at the Second Circuit, former JP Morgan wealth manager Jennifer Sharkey prevailed in her Sarbanes-Oxley … Continued

Whistleblower Law Firm Calls for Stronger Protections for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

See our post in NYU Law’s Compliance and Enforcement Blog: Effective Cybersecurity and Data Protection Legislation Should Protect Whistleblowers Whistleblower attorneys Dallas Hammer and Jason … Continued

InsideOSHAOnline Reports on Whistleblower Firm’s Efforts to Combat Gag Clauses

An article in InsideOSHAOnline.com titled Whistleblower Attorney Backs New OSHA Guidance On Settlement Reviews reports on the successful efforts of Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government … Continued

Equifax Breach a Reminder That Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Have Protections

Equifax announced that it had suffered a breach of data belonging to as many as 143 million Americans. That’s about half the country. Worse, the breached … Continued