Whistleblower Law Blog

TweetJason Zuckerman, a Principal of The Employment Law Group® law firm spoke at a D.C. Bar CLE event titled, “Changing Currents in Employment Law:  Recent Developments Update.”  Mr. Zuckerman provided an update on whistleblower protections, including the recently enacted whistleblower provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the recent amendment to the False [...]

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TweetThe Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”) has ordered the U.S. Agency for International Development (“Agency”) to pay backpay, including interest, and other benefits to a former investigator who alleged that he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle about agency personnel consuming alcohol while on duty.  The MSPB also ordered the Agency to cancel the [...]

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TweetIn an article titled, “ARB Upholds Bankrupt Firm’s SOX Liability But Recalculates Retaliatory Discharge Award,” BNA reports on the Labor Department’s holding in Kalkunte v. DVI Financial Services, Inc., ARB NO. 05-139 (February 27, 2009), where the Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) in a 2-1 decision, found substantial evidence to support a finding that Ms. Kalkunte’s [...]

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TweetOn February 27, 2009, the United States Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) opinion in Kalkunte v. DVI Financial Services, Inc., where the ALJ held that a privately-held company acting as a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a publicly traded company can be held liable for violation of [...]

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TweetIn Drake v. Agency for International Development, the Federal Circuit held that the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”) erred in concluding that Drake’s disclosures were not protected under the Whistleblower Protection Act (“WPA”).  Drake, a Foreign Service Investigator with the U.S. Agency for International Development (“Agency”), alleged that he was retaliated against for blowing the [...]

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TweetA survey conducted by the University of Nebraska College of Law revealed that in 2007, only four percent of Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) whistleblower cases heard by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were resolved in favor of the employee seeking whistleblower protection.   Despite the discouraging statistics, the attorneys at The Employment Law Group® law firm continue [...]

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