Whistleblower Law Blog

TweetR. Scott Oswald, managing principal of The Employment Law Group®, was recently interviewed and quoted by Workforce Management Magazine on the subject of expanded whistleblower protection under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In 2010, Dodd-Frank amended the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and expanded whistleblower protections to include “nationally recognized statistical rating organizations” [...]

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TweetR. Scott Oswald, managing principal of The Employment Law Group® recently published an article in The Washington Post discussing new expansions of employee rights in the areas of whistleblower protection and wage and hour law. In the piece, Mr. Oswald discussed recent developments in employee protection law that, if ignored, could result in penalties and [...]

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TweetThe Employment Law Group® law firm’s managing principal, R. Scott Oswald, has published an article in The Rocket Docket News, entitled “Blowing the Whistle in 2012: New Developments in Qui Tam Litigation”. The article focuses on recent developments in the field of qui tam litigation including: Recent interpretations of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act [...]

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TweetOn January 11, 2011 the Air Forces Times featured The Employment Law Group® law firm principal attorney Dave Scher in a story regarding recent whistle-blowing by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) physicians. The story has since been featured in other Gannet Government Media publications including the Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, and [...]

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TweetDave Scher, Principal of The Employment Law Group® law firm, was interviewed by the Air Force Times, an independent weekly newspaper for U.S. Air Force personnel, retirees, and their families, regarding recent whistle-blowing by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) physicians. Commenting on the case of Dr. Colin Clarke, a whistleblower who was fired after [...]

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TweetThe Employment Law Group® principal attorneys David Scher and R. Scott Oswald wrote an article entitled “Blowing the Whistle,”  which appeared in the October 2011 edition of California Lawyer.  In the article, Scher and Oswald discuss the California Whistleblower Protection Act (CWPA), referring to it as a “robust law that…has limitations and administrative hurdles.” They [...]

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TweetIn an article about the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Wall Street Journal quotes Jason Zuckerman, a principal at The Employment Law Group®, regarding defense counsels’ complaint that SEC rules do not prevent a whistleblower from both collecting an award under the SEC whistleblower reward program and also seeking compensation through a securities [...]

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TweetJason Zuckerman, a principal at The Employment Law Group®, will moderate a D.C. Bar Brown Bag titled “Dodd-Frank Act: Robust Protections and Substantial Rewards for Whistleblowers” on November 9, 2010.  The panel of speakers will discuss: The whistleblower reward provisions; The scope of the new whistleblower ant-retaliation provisions; The amendments to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and [...]

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TweetJason Zuckerman, a principal at The Employment Law Group®, will lecture on “New Developments in Whistleblower Law and Effective Strategies for Prosecuting Whistleblower Retaliation Claims” on November 3, 2010 in Chicago, IL.  New whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act and other recently enacted federal whistleblower protection laws will be discussed.  He will also touch on [...]

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TweetThe U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) issued a press release and a letter addressed to President Barack Obama substantiating Mr. Russ Daul’s allegations that the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) misappropriated funds.  According to the OSC, DTIC violated the Economy Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1535 by improperly collected fees in [...]

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TweetThe U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia rejecting Nelnet, Inc.’s contention that its settlements with the Department of Education (ED) bar Oberg’s qui tam action.  Dr. Jon H. Oberg, a former employee of the Department of Education, brought a qui tam seeking the return [...]

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TweetOn December 31, 2009, in a case of first impression, the Fourth Circuit held in Stone v. Instrumentation Laboratory Company that a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) complainant may seek de novo review in federal court after the complaint has been pending before DOL for over 180 days without a final decision by the Secretary of Labor.  In [...]

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TweetOn December 15, 2009, The Employment Law Group® law firm participated in the launch of Voices for Corporate Responsibility (Voices).  Voices is a project sponsored by Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, and The Employment Law Group® law firm.  Its mission is to help and encourage corporate employees to take a stand against [...]

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TweetTom Harrington, an associate at The Employment Law Group® law firm, was quoted in a December 3, 2009 article published by The Raleigh News & Observer.  The article, “Tony Rand accused of insider trading,” discusses accusations of insider trading by Paul Feldman, the former President of Law Enforcement Associates.  Mr. Feldman claims he was unlawfully [...]

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TweetOn November 30, 2009, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California partially denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss in Galli v. Pittsburg Unified School District.  The Court held that an employee’s wrongful termination constitutes an ongoing violation and that reinstatement is prospective injunctive relief from unconstitutional state [...]

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TweetThe December 2009 Washingtonian magazine’s list of top lawyers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area lists Jason Zuckerman, a Principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm, as a top whistleblower lawyer.  To learn more about The Employment Law Group® law firm’s whistleblower practice, click here. 

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TweetIn an article titled, “Congress May Affect Arbitration More Than High Court,” Law360 reports on the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 (S. 931, H.R. 1020).  The article discusses the potential broad impact of the legislation and compares it to the possible impact of three Supreme Court cases on the docket for this term.  The Arbitration [...]

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TweetOn October 22, 2009, a D.C. Superior Court awarded Colin Browne over $282,000 for his former employer’s violations of the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA).  This is one of the highest awards under the D.C. WPA to date.  The award comes after a 5 day jury trial.  We first blogged about the verdict in Mr. Browne’s [...]

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TweetIn an interview with ABC2 News, whistleblower Pete Peterson speaks about the crash of Trooper 2 that led to four deaths last year.  Peterson was the Maryland State Police (“MSP”) Pilot who wrote the whistleblower letter to the Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) Inspector General last September before the crash of Trooper 2.  In his letter, [...]

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TweetOn October 6, 2009, a jury in the District of Columbia decided in favor of D.C. Whistleblower Colin Browne in the case of Browne v. University of District of Columbia.  In the suit, Colin Browne alleged that his former employer, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) violated the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) [...]

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TweetThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia today unsealed a lawsuit against a number of student loan companies, including Nelnet, Inc and Sallie Mae, filed on behalf of the United States by Dr. Jon H. Oberg. The action seeks the return of approximately $1 billion in “special allowance” payments wrongfully extracted [...]

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TweetToday, Law360 published a column by principals R. Scott Oswald and Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm on the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Van Asdale v. International Game Technology.  The column discusses how the Van Asdale decision is a substantial victory for SOX whistleblowers in that it resolves ambiguities in favor [...]

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TweetIn an article titled, “Recent Court Decision Clarifies Whistleblower Law,” Compliance Week reports about the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Van Asdale v. International Game Technology about the scope of the whistleblower retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”).  According to Scott Oswald, a principal with The Employment Law Group® law firm, the Ninth Circuit’s [...]

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TweetIn an article titled, “Whistle-blower suit filed against Pittsburg school district,” Contra Costa Times reports about Tim Galli’s whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against the Pittsburg school district.  Tim Galli, a 35-year educator and former Pittsburg High principal, suffered retaliation when he raised concerns about the school district’s questionable budgetary practices, and undisclosed financial conflict of interest [...]

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Tweet The Maryland Bar Journal has published an article by Scott Oswald and Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm on Adler wrongful discharge actions.  The article provides an overview of the Adler common law wrongful discharge tort and provides practical tips for representing whistleblowers under Adler, including maximizing damages; selecting the appropriate [...]

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