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SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Interviewed About SEC Whistleblower Application Process

An article in law.com’s Compliance Hot Spots newsletter titled SEC Tells Whistleblower: Wait a Minute reports that an anonymous whistleblower is seeking an order from the … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at Corporate Whistleblowing Program

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the Practicing Law Institute seminar Corporate Whistleblowing in 2019. To register, click here. Zuckerman will speak on a … Continued

Are pilots protected against retaliation for disclosing air safety issues?

Investigations of two Boeing 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people have revealed that whistleblowers notified the FAA of deficiencies in the 737 Max’s anti-stall … Continued

Congress Enacts Robust Protections for Tax Whistleblowers

Although plagued by delays and other challenges, the IRS Whistleblower Reward Program has achieved some success in encouraging insiders with information about significant tax underpayments … Continued

Report Channel Stuffing and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

What is Channel Stuffing? Channel stuffing is an improper revenue recognition practice in which a company fraudulently inflates its sales and earnings by sending excessive … Continued

$4.5M SEC Whistleblower Award Underscores Incentives to Report Internally

$4.5M SEC Whistleblower Award Underscores Incentives to Report Internally On May 24, 2019, the SEC awarded $4.5M to a whistleblower whose disclosures to his employer … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at NY Employment Lawyers Association Conference

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the New York Employment Lawyers Association’s conference on a panel titled Navigating the Maze of Whistleblower Laws. This … Continued

Kraft’s Restatement Calls Into Question SEC’s Light Touch Approach to Enforcement

In an 8-K filing, Kraft announced that it is restating its financial statements for 2016 and 2017 by $181 million due to misstatements caused by employees … Continued

House Passes Legislation Strengthening Protections for Corporate Whistleblowers

Bipartisan Support for Restoring Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection for Internal Disclosures By an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 410-12, the House passed the Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Will Speak on ABA Panel About Whistleblower Claims

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2019 Mid-Winter Meeting on a … Continued

Bio-Rad Whistleblower Retains Most of his Record Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict on Appeal

In February 2017, Sanford Wadler, a former in-house lawyer at Bio-Rad, secured a record $11M verdict in his whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Despite his stellar performance … Continued

Jury Awards Track Inspector Whistleblower $1.05M in Damages

On February 19th, a Colorado jury awarded Brandon Fresquez $1,050,000 in damages in his FRSA whistleblower retaliation claim against BNSF Railway Company. The verdict form … Continued