Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the PLI Institute seminar on Corporate Whistleblowing in 2017 on June 28, 2017 in New York. Zuckerman is privileged to join a panel on legal developments in the Whistleblower Space with Christopher Ehrman, Renee Phillips, and Teri M. Wigger. The panel will address key developments, including:
- Anticipated impact of new administration
- SEC, CFTC, and Department of Labor Whistleblower Program Updates
- Recent bounty awards
- Scrutiny of employee confidentiality agreements
- Retaliation actions
- Case law update and important decisions from the past year
This PLI seminar will offer expert insights into recent whistleblower developments that have shaped the current risk landscape in this rapidly evolving area. Leading whistleblower law experts, including current and former regulators, will provide in-depth perspectives on recent regulatory and legal developments, including what direction the federal whistleblower protection programs will likely take under the new administration, what to expect in case law and regulatory enforcement developments in the coming year, best practices in responding to whistleblower reports, and key ethical considerations in conducting internal investigations of issues raised by whistleblowers.
- Current priorities and agendas of the SEC, CFTC, and Department of Labor’s whistleblower programs
- Trends and issues the private plaintiff’s whistleblower bar are seeing
- Best ethical practices for conducting internal investigations of whistleblower reports
Schedule
1:30 Opening Remarks and Introduction
Speaker: Michael Delikat
1:45 Legal Developments in the Whistleblower Space
• Anticipated impact of new administration
• SEC, CFTC, and Department of Labor Whistleblower Program Updates
o Recent bounty awards
o Scrutiny of employee confidentiality agreements
o Retaliation actions
• Case law update and important decisions from the past year
Moderator: Renee Phillips
Speakers: Christopher Ehrman, Teri M. Wigger, Jason Zuckerman
3:00 Networking Break
3:15 Whistleblowers’ Bar: Current Trends and Perspectives
• What new issues and clients are top plaintiff’s whistleblower lawyers encountering?
• What new best practices are they adopting to protect their clients’ interests in an evolving environment?
• What is the next wave of whistleblower claims?
• How can both whistleblower and company counsel best prepare and protect their clients based on these new developments?
Moderator: Michael Delikat
Speakers: Thad M. Guyer, Debra S. Katz, Sean McKessy, Jordan A. Thomas
4:15 Internal and Regulatory Investigations of Whistleblower Reports: Ethical Considerations
- Future of the Yates memo in a new administration
• Best ethical practices for witness interviews in light of new developments
• The Upjohn warning and preserving the attorney-client privilege in internal investigations
• Dealing with ethical issues that arise in whistleblower-prompted investigations
Moderator: Arian M. June
Speakers: Sarah E. Bouchard, Eugene Scalia, Steven J. Pearlman
5:15 Adjourn
Faculty
Chairperson(s)
Michael Delikat ~ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Speaker(s)
Sarah E. Bouchard ~ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Christopher Ehrman ~ Director, Whistleblower Office, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Thad M. Guyer ~ T.M. Guyer Ayers & Friends, P.C.
Arian June ~ Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Debra S. Katz ~ Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP
Sean X. McKessy ~ Phillips & Cohen LLP
Steven J. Pearlman ~ Proskauer Rose LLP
Renee B. Phillips ~ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Eugene Scalia ~ Gibson,Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Jordan A. Thomas ~ Labaton Sucharow LLP
Teri M. Wigger ~ Assistant Regional Administrator, Whistleblower Protections Program , U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA
Jason Zuckerman ~ Zuckerman Law
Program Attorney(s)
Danielle B. Cohen ~ Senior Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute
