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Whistleblower Protection Lawyer Will Speak at TAF Conference About Whistleblower Retaliation Developments

Whistleblower protection lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the October 4th Taxpayers Against Fraud annual conference about developments under whistleblower protection laws. The Taxpayers Against … Continued

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation Strengthening Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Improving the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs

Senators Baldwin, Durbin, Ernst, and Grassley introduced S. 2529, the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA), which would protect corporate whistleblowers who report potential securities or … Continued

House Passes PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019

Today the House passed the PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019 (PCAOB WPA) by voice vote. If enacted into law, the PCAOB WPA would establish a whistleblower … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Matt Stock Quoted About SEC Whistleblower Claims

Law360 interviewed SEC whistleblower lawyer Matt Stock, Director of the Whistleblower Rewards Practice at Zuckerman Law, for an article titled Publicizing Whistleblower Claims Doesn’t Always Pay … Continued

Facebook SEC Enforcement Action Has Important Implications for Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

On July 24th, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Facebook, Inc. has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve charges that Facebook made … Continued

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