Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak on Panel About Whistleblower and Rewards Claims: Top 10 New Developments

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