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DOL Judge Awards Airline Pilot $500,000 in Compensatory Damages in AIR21 Whistleblower Retaliation Case

In a decision finding that Delta violated the anti-retaliation provision of the AIR21 whistleblower protection law, Judge Morris awarded pilot Karlene Petit $500,000 in compensatory … Continued

Jury Awards Whistleblower $4.5M in Retaliation Case

On October 9, 2020, a Missouri jury awarded Rosemary Salerno approximately $4.5 million in her whistleblower retaliation claim against MPI Management brought under the Missouri … Continued

Whistleblower Retaliation Lawyer Will Speak at Webinar About Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower retaliation lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a National Business Institute webinar about Whistleblower Law and Retaliation Claims on August 12, 2020. Click here to … 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

Whistleblower Protection Lawyer Will Speak at TAF Conference About Whistleblower Retaliation Developments

Whistleblower protection lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the October 4th Taxpayers Against Fraud annual conference about developments under whistleblower protection laws. The Taxpayers Against … Continued

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation Strengthening Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Improving the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs

Senators Baldwin, Durbin, Ernst, and Grassley introduced S. 2529, the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA), which would protect corporate whistleblowers who report potential securities or … Continued

Jury Awards Track Inspector Whistleblower $1.05M in Damages

On February 19th, a Colorado jury awarded Brandon Fresquez $1,050,000 in damages in his FRSA whistleblower retaliation claim against BNSF Railway Company. The verdict form … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Law Firm Contributes to ABA L&E FLSL Update of SOX Whistleblower Law Summary

Whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law is a contributing author to the 2019 American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Committee on Federal Labor Standards … Continued

Ninth Circuit Rejects “Honest Belief” Defense in Whistleblower Retaliation Case

The Ninth Circuit’s recent opinion in Frost v. BNSF Railway Co. is an important win for whistleblowers in that it rejects employers’ attempts to impose a … Continued

Consumer Financial Protection Whistleblower Prevails at DOL

On February 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor ordered Hermitage Club Realty LLC (Hermitage), a real estate company based in Vermont, to provide relief … Continued

Can a Government Contractor Bring a False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation Claim?

When Congress amended the whistleblower protection provisions of the False Claims Actin 2009, it added “contractors” and “agents” to the ambit of protected whistleblowers. The … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Prevails in First Circuit Appeal

In an appeal to the First Circuit, a False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower prevailed and established favorable precedent about protections for whistleblowers alleging violations of … Continued