TweetAccording to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro, the SEC’s new whistleblower program is already providing “significant benefits” one year after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In a letter sent to Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), co-author of Dodd-Frank, SEC Chairman Schapiro argued that recent calls to [...]
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SEC Chairman Says Whistleblower Program Yielding Significant Benefits, Calls Proposed Changes Premature
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Dodd-Frank Act · Federal Whistleblower Legislation
Department of Justice Recovers Record-Setting $3 Billion in False Claims Act Settlements in 2011
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments
TweetOn Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it collected more than $3 billion in judgments and settlements of fraud cases under the False Claims Act (FCA) for fiscal year 2011. This marks the second consecutive year in which the DOJ exceeded $3 billion in recoveries and brings the total recovered since 2009 to [...]
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KV Pharmaceutical Reaches Settlement with the Department of Justice for $17 Million
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments
TweetKV Pharmaceutical (KV), the parent company for Ethex Corporation (Ethex), this month agreed to pay $17 million to settle claims that Ethex of violated the False Claims Act when it allegedly reported false information to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to the complaint filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Ethex [...]
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US Seeks Damages from Allied Home Mortgage for Alleged Lending Fraud
November 21st, 2011 · No Comments
TweetOne of the nation’s largest privately held mortgage companies, Allied Home Mortgage Corporation (Allied), and two of its top executives, CEO Jim Hodge and Executive VP Jeanne Stell, are facing scrutiny for providing false loan certifications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Peter Belli, a former regional manager at Allied, filed suit [...]
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Summary Decision Overturned for Whistleblower in Failure to Hire Case
August 2nd, 2011 · No Comments
TweetIn Hasan v. Enercon Services, Inc., the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) overturned a summary decision order in favor of whistleblower Syed Hasan who alleges that Enercon Services, Inc. refused to hire him because he is a whistleblower. Hasan is a structural engineer who was previously discriminated against by his former employer, American [...]
Tags: Department of Labor ARB · Federal Whistleblower Legislation · United States Department of Labor · Whistleblower Protection Act
Third Circuit Overturns Lower Court in Favor of Whistleblower Who Exposed Illegal Medicare Kickbacks
July 12th, 2011 · No Comments
TweetOn June 30, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in United States ex rel. Wilkins v. United Health Group overturned the decision of the lower court and held in favor of whistleblowers Charles Wilkins and Daryl Willis. The whistleblowers allege that United Health Group (UHG) provided kickbacks to those [...]
Tags: Dodd-Frank Act · Federal Whistleblower Legislation · Whistleblower Protection Act
TELG Principal Quoted in Law360 on Landmark ARB Decision for SOX Whistleblowers
June 16th, 2011 · No Comments
TweetLaw360 quoted The Employment Law Group® Principal Jason Zuckerman in an article regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board’s en banc decision in Sylvester v. Parexel International on May 25, which clarified the broad scope of protected conduct for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) whistleblowers. Jason Zuckerman, a principal at The Employment Law Group, which [...]
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Senator Grassley Introduces Bill to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments
Tweet Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced bill S. 586 titled the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011, which would extend whistleblower protections to congressional employees. In a press release, Grassley stated: Whistleblowers in the executive branch have helped me do my job of oversight. It’s simply not fair, nor is it good governance, for Congress [...]
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The Employment Law Group® Attorney Quoted in ABA Journal Article on Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections
February 25th, 2011 · No Comments
TweetThe Employment Law Group® attorney Jason Zuckerman was quoted in an Ammerican Bar Association article titled SEC is Giving Whistle-blower Protection One Last Lick: “After the Bernard Madoff scandal broke the SEC had a lot of egg on its face,” says Jason Zuckerman, principal of [T]he Employment Law Group, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that represents [...]
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Senator McCaskill Re-introduces Government Contractor Whistleblower Protection Bill
February 14th, 2011 · No Comments
TweetSenator McCaskill (with Senator Jim Webb co-sponsoring) re-introduced to the Senate a bill titled the Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011 which would extend whistleblower protections to employees of federal government contractors and employees of institutions receiving federal grants, including state and local governments. Whistleblowers who report fraud, waste, and abuse would be protected from [...]
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Congress Passes Food Safety Bill Protecting Whistleblowers From Retaliation
December 21st, 2010 · No Comments
TweetCongress has passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which imposes stricter food safety standards and grants the Food and Drug Administration greater authority to regulate tainted food and had previously passed the Senate. President Obama is expected to sign the FSMA into law. The FMSA was prompted in part by numerous instances of fatal [...]
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TELG Publishes Article on Federal Whistleblower Protection Legislation
December 14th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetR. Scott Oswald and Jason Zuckerman, principals at The Employment Law Group® law firm, published an article in the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Quarterly Review outlining recently enacted federal whistleblower protections and whistleblower reward statutes. Recognizing the critical role that whistleblowers play in exposing financial fraud, threats to public health and safety, and fraud [...]
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New Robust Protection for Food Safety Whistleblowers
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetToday the Senate passed S. 510 the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which imposes stricter food safety standards and grants the Food and Drug Administration greater authority to regulate tainted food. The FMSA was prompted in part by numerous instances of fatal food contamination that revealed insufficient regulation and oversight of food production, including [...]
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Whistleblower Retaliation Protection for Congressional Staff Languishes in Senate Committee
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetAccording to an article in Politico, the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) has yet to be reported to the full Senate and continues to languish in the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Similar to the Whistleblower Protection Act which protects most federal employees who [...]
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The Employment Law Group® Files Amicus Brief Arguing that Section 929A of the Dodd-Frank Act Applies to Pending Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Cases
August 16th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetOn August 13, 2010, The Employment Law Group® filed an amicus curiae brief in Johnson v. Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., on behalf of the Government Accountability Project, National Employment Lawyers Association, and National Whistleblowers Center arguing that Section 929A of the Dodd-Frank Act clarifies and confirms existing law on the scope of coverage under SOX, [...]
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House Passes Whistleblower Legislation to Protect Oil Rig Employees Who Report Unsafe Conditions
August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
TweetThe House of Representatives passed the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act, which prohibits oil and gas companies from terminating or discriminating against offshore employees who report unsafe conditions or refuse to work in unsafe conditions. Closing a significant loophole, the legislation extends whistleblower protections currently in place for onshore oil and gas [...]
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Dodd-Frank Bill Provides Robust Whistleblower Protections
July 15th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetRecognizing that robust whistleblower protection is critical to preventing another financial crisis, Congress included in the Dodd-Frank financial services reform bill (H.R. 4173) numerous provisions designed to encourage whistleblowing and to provide robust protection from retaliation. These provisions create monetary awards for whistleblowers who provide original information to the SEC or CFTC, strengthen the whistleblower [...]
Tags: False Claims Act · Federal Whistleblower Legislation · OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program · Retaliation · Sarbanes-Oxley
New Legislation Drafted to Increase Mine Safety Following Death of 29 Miners at Upper Big Branch Mine
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetOn June 29, 2010, a discussion draft of new federal legislation to increase mine safety was released. The legislation, introduced by Senators Harkin, Murray, and Rockefeller is intended to “improve compliance with mine and occupational safety and health laws, empower workers to raise safety concerns, prevent future mine and other workplace tragedies, [and] establish rights [...]
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The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publishes Article on the Whistleblower Provisions in the Finance Reform Bill
June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
TweetTELG Principals Scott Oswald and Jason Zuckerman published an article in the May 27, 2010 edition of Law360 titled “Whistleblower Protection In The Finance Reform Bill.” The article discusses the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S. 3217), which the Senate passed on May 20 by a vote of 59-39. The bill, which we [...]
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Senate Passes Financial Services Reform Bill Containing New Whistleblower Laws
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments
TweetOn May 20, 2010, the Senate passed the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S. 3217) by a vote of 59-39. The bill, which is the largest overhaul of financial services regulation since the New Deal, contains several new whistleblower protection provisions and strengthens the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This [...]
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TELG Principal Jason Zuckerman to Speak at the 2010 National Whistleblower Assembly
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetOn May 24, 2010, Jason Zuckerman, a Principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm, will speak about the whistleblower protection provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The event is co-sponsored by the National Treasury Employees Union, Project of Government Oversight, the American [...]
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The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is Quoted in BNA Article on New Health Care Reform Law
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetPrincipal Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm is quoted in an article in BNA’s Daily Labor Report titled “Health Care Law Has Whistleblower, Other Employee-Friendly Amendments,” about the whistleblower provisions of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009. The article was published on April 13, 2010. The Patient Protection and [...]
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The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Principal Jason Zuckerman Quoted in Article on Whistleblower Provisions of Health Reform Law
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetIn an article discussing the new whistleblower law contained in section 1558 of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Jason Zuckerman is quoted comparing the new provision to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The article, titled “Whistle-Blower Protections Tucked into Health Reform Law,” was published by the Society for Human Resource Management on April 26, [...]
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TELG Publishes Article on Whistleblower Provisions in Health Care Reform Act
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetTELG attorneys Scott Oswald and Jason Zuckerman published an article in the April 8, 2010 edition of Employment Law 360 about the whistleblower provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, signed by President Obama on March 23, 2009. The Act includes several whistleblower provisions including a new private right of action [...]
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Supreme Court Rules That Public Disclosure Bar to False Claims Act Qui Tam Actions Applies to County and State Administrative Reports, Audits, and Investigations
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments
TweetOn March 30, 2010, the Supreme Court issued an opinion widening the public disclosure bar to qui tam actions brought under the False Claims Act (FCA), holding that “the reference to ‘administrative’ reports, audits, and investigations” contained in the public disclosure bar of the FCA “encompasses disclosures made in state and local sources as well [...]




