Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a CLE sponsored by the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association on a panel titled Whistleblower and Rewards Claims: Top 10 New Developments. Zuckerman is privileged to join attorneys Lynne Bernabei and Richard Renner. The panel will address the following topics:
- Recent SEC whistleblower awards and the SEC’s focus on combating gag clauses
- Scope of protected conduct under Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank
- Whistleblower protections for individuals working on government contracts or grants
- The ARB’s Palmer decision clarifying the burden-shifting framework for whistleblower protection claims
- Recent developments defining the scope of federal employee whistleblower protections
- New statutory and case law developments permitting whistleblowers to use confidential documents in qui tam actions
- Procedural consideration for plaintiff’s counsel in litigating whistleblower retaliation cases
