Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Zuckerman Will Speak at Bloomberg BNA Webinar on Recent Developments in Whistleblower Reward and Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will speak at a Bloomberg BNA webinar on April 30, 2014 at 1:00p.m. ET about recent developments in whistleblowers reward and retaliation claims, including Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank retaliation claims. The panelists are

Christopher Ehrman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission;
Sean McKessy, Securities and Exchange Commission;
Steven J. Pearlman, Proskauer Rose LLP;
Anthony Rosa, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration; and
Jason Zuckerman, Zuckerman Law

Employee whistleblower retaliation claims under a range of laws, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, are on the rise, and whistleblowers now have a significant financial incentive to report fraud to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Though there is a definite spike in whistleblower claims implicating financial and accounting-related issues, they can arise in virtually all business functions and include alleged compliance failures ranging from violations of the Code of Conduct to infractions of securities laws or criminal fraud. It is critical to understand the robust protections available to whistleblowers and the financial incentives for employees to report fraud directly to the government.

The faculty presenting this program will address the latest cutting-edge developments in Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claims, including:

Practical implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s Lawson v. FMR LLC decision;
An update on the SEC and CFTC whistleblower reward program;
Whether internal disclosures are protected under Dodd-Frank;
ARB, federal and state court guidance on the use of purloined documents in whistleblower retaliation claims;
Extraterritorial application of Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank;
Trends in OSHA enforcement of whistleblower protection laws; and
Whether Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims can be waived in separation agreements.

Experienced SEC Whistleblower Attorneys

The experienced whistleblower lawyers at Zuckerman Law represent whistleblowers worldwide before the SEC under the Dodd-Frank SEC Whistleblower Program. The firm has a licensed Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner on staff to enhance its ability to investigate and disclose complex financial fraud to the SEC, and two of the firm’s attorneys served on the Department of Labor’s Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee and in senior leadership positions at a government agency that protects whistleblowers.

Firm Principal Jason Zuckerman has been named by Washingtonian Magazine as a “Top Whistleblower Lawyer” and the firm has been ranked by U.S. News as a Tier 1 Firm in Labor & Employment Litigation.

Leading whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law has substantial experience investigating securities fraud schemes and preparing effective submissions to the SEC concerning a wide range of federal securities violations, including: