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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

Zuckerman Law Receives First Tier Ranking for Labor & Employment Litigation in Washington DC

Whistleblower and Employment law firm Zuckerman Law is pleased to announce its inclusion in the 2019 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report, recognizing … Continued

SOX Whistleblower Law Firm Contributes to ABA L&E FLSL Update of SOX Whistleblower Law Summary

Whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law is a contributing author to the 2019 American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Committee on Federal Labor Standards … Continued

Ninth Circuit Rejects “Honest Belief” Defense in Whistleblower Retaliation Case

The Ninth Circuit’s recent opinion in Frost v. BNSF Railway Co. is an important win for whistleblowers in that it rejects employers’ attempts to impose a … Continued

Consumer Financial Protection Whistleblower Prevails at DOL

On February 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor ordered Hermitage Club Realty LLC (Hermitage), a real estate company based in Vermont, to provide relief … Continued

Insider Trading Exposed By Whistleblower Tips and New Technology

The SEC Continues to Root Out Insider Trading Insider trading occurs when an individual buys or sells a security, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship … Continued

How to Report Accounting Fraud and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

SEC Targets Accounting Fraud in Financial Reporting In the early 2000s, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was abruptly reminded about the dangers of accounting … Continued

Can a Government Contractor Bring a False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation Claim?

When Congress amended the whistleblower protection provisions of the False Claims Actin 2009, it added “contractors” and “agents” to the ambit of protected whistleblowers. The … Continued