Whistleblower Protection Law Blog

Former Office of Special Counsel Officials Release Guide to Whistleblower Protection Act

Guide to Whistleblower Protection Act Whistleblower attorneys Eric Bachman and Jason Zuckerman, former senior officials at the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, have released a guide for federal employee whistleblowers titled The Whistleblower Protection Act: Empowering Federal Employees to Root Out Waste, Fraud and Abuse and is available for download by clicking here.The goal of … Continued

InsideOSHAOnline Reports on Whistleblower Firm’s Efforts to Combat Gag Clauses

An article in InsideOSHAOnline.com titled Whistleblower Attorney Backs New OSHA Guidance On Settlement Reviews reports on the successful efforts of Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), and whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman to persuade OSHA to adopt guidance for agency reviews of settlement agreements between whistleblowers and employers. In conjunction with GAP, Zuckerman drafted a … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman is privileged to speak at the September 2017 annual conference of the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference, Zuckerman will speak on a panel with Greg Keating about whistleblower litigation. The panel will cover recent developments under federal whistleblower protection laws enforced by the Department of Labor. Topics include:: Proving retaliation. Assessing … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted About First-to-File Cases

Leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman shared his analysis of False Claims Act developments with Bloomberg Government Federal Contracts Report. An article titled “Two Rulings Force Whistle-Blowers To Wait, Maybe Too Long” quotes Zuckerman about the impact of two recent decisions construing the False Claims Act first-to-file bar, the DC Circuit’s opinion in Shea v. Cellco P’ship, 863 F.3d 923 … Continued

Equifax Breach a Reminder That Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Have Protections

The latest mega breach is a big one. Yesterday, Equifax announced that it had suffered a breach of data belonging to as many as 143 million Americans. That’s about half the country. Worse, the breached data was sensitive: names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and some driver’s license numbers. Even in a world where mega … Continued

Corporate Whistleblower Attorney Quoted in NLJ About SOX Extraterritoriality

National Law Journal Quotes SOX Whistleblower Law Jason Zuckerman An article in the National Law Journal titled Labor Panel Defines Global Scope of Whistleblower Law, Reviving Contractor’s Claims quotes whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about the potential impact of the Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s decision in Blanchard v. Exelis Systems Corp., ARB No. 15-031, ALJ No. 2014-SOX-20 (ARB … Continued

Compliance Week Quotes SEC Whistleblower Attorney About Auditor Independence

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Matt Stock Quoted About Auditor Independence Compliance Week article quoted SEC whistleblower attorney Matt Stock in an article titled “Audit committees need to dig into personal relationships.” Matthew Stock, a former external auditor highlighted the impact that independence violations can have on external audit firms and issuers. In addition, he noted that … Continued

Appealing an SEC Whistleblower Award Determination

SEC Whistleblowers Denied Multimillion-Dollar Award On August 31, 2017, two whistleblowers appealed to the Second Circuit the SEC’s denial of a whistleblower award related to a 2012 enforcement action against Syntax-Brillian Corporation. According to the court filings, the whistleblowers provided information to the SEC that led to $60 million in civil fraud judgments against the … Continued

False Claims Act Whistleblower Provision Protects Refusal to Violate False Claims Act

False Claims Act Whistleblower Prevails on Appeal The Second Circuit’s decision in Fabula v. American Medical Response, Inc. establishes that refusal to play a role in an unlawful scheme to defraud the government is protected under the whistleblower protection provision of the False Claims Act. In particular, refusal to falsify documentation about medical services so as to hinder … Continued

American Banker Quotes Whistleblower Attorney Jason Zuckerman About Wells Fargo Whistleblower Cases

In an article titled Unprotected: How the feds failed two Wells Fargo whistleblowers, American Banker quotes leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about the challenges that some Wells Fargo whistleblowers have encountered pursuing retaliation claims. The article discusses SOX whistleblower claims brought by two former Wells Fargo retailer bankers alleging that they suffered retaliation for disclosing … Continued

Corporate Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted in National Law Journal Article About Wells Fargo SOX Whistleblower Cases

A National Law Journal article titled “Wells Fargo’s Whistleblower Problem Could Grow Substantially” quotes leading whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation cases brought against Wells Fargo. The article reports that Wells Fargo disclosed in a 10-Q filing that there are “multiple single plaintiff Sarbanes-Oxley Act complaints and state law whistleblower actions filed with the Department of … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Named in The Best Lawyers in America© in the category of Litigation – Labor and Employment

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the category of Litigation – Labor and Employment in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal … Continued