In an article titled “Ex-employees sue liquor store, bar owner Cash Moore,” Florida Daily News reports about Brenda Lowery’s whistleblower retaliation and overtime nonpayment lawsuit against local liquor store and bar owner, Cash Moore. Ms. Lowery suffered retaliation when she reported to state authorities that she believed Moore’s company was engaged in illegal activity. Ms. […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Helps Whistleblower in Anti-Retaliation/Overtime Case
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Will Speak at Program on The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public’s Right to Know
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments
On June 23, 2008, Jason Zuckerman, a Principal at The Employment Law Group® law firm, will speak at a program titled, “The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public’s Right to Know”. The program, which is sponsored by The Government Accountability Project and American University Washington College of Law, will focus on strategies for […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Helps DC Whistleblower Expose Improper Road Contracts
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
In an article titled “Ex-Official Sues Over Dismissal in Road Contract Case” The Washington Post reports about The Employment Law Group ® law firm client Stephen Amos’ whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against DDOT Director Emeka Moneme and Interim Attorney General Peter Nickles. Mr. Amos, a former DDOT employee, was terminated because he exposed improper city road […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Helps FAA Whistleblower Expose Unsafe Air Control Practices
June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
In an article titled “More Step Up To Complain About FAA: Whistle-Blowers Say Agency Ignored Safety Concerns,” The Washington Post reports about The Employment Law Group® law firm client Mike Cole’s whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against the FAA. Mr. Cole suffered retaliation when he used the FAA’s own safety hotline to disclose unsafe air control practices […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Principals Publish Article on Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation Claims
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
In this week’s Legal Times, Principals Scott Oswald and Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm, discuss recent appellate decisions concerning the scope of protected activity under Sarbanes-Oxley’s whistle-blower protection provision. To read the article, click here.
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Quoted in Article on Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Principal Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm is quoted in an article in BNA’s Daily Labor Report titled “Whistleblower Retaliation Cases Increase; Law Still Developing,” about recent decisions concerning the whistleblower retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Zuckerman was a panelist at a May 19, 2008 seminar on whistleblower retaliation law, at which […]
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cyberFEDS Quotes The Employment Law Group, P.C. About Federal Whistleblower Protections
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Principal Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm is quoted in an article titled “Fallout from FBI investigation intensifies call for reform at OSC.” In the article, Zuckerman offers suggestions for improving the effectiveness of Office of Special Counsel (OSC), including:
Providing additional resources to enable OSC to investigate the thousands of […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Briefs Congressional Members and Staff About Whistleblower Protections
May 13th, 2008 · No Comments
On Monday, May 12, 2008, Principal Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm briefed Congressional members and staff, whistleblowers, NGOs, and the public about corporate whistleblower protections, including H.R. 4047, which would close loopholes in existing federal whistleblower protection statutes and protect employees who disclose threats to public health and safety, financial fraud, […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Will Speak at Program on Litigating Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
May 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Principal Jason Zuckerman of The Employment Law Group® law firm will speak at a May 19, 2008 panel titled “Litigating Whistleblower Retaliation Cases.” The program, which is sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Labor and Employment Law Section, will offer an overview of the whistleblower retaliation statutes that are adjudicated before DOL, including the […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. is a Contributing Author of ABA Update on Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
February 15th, 2008 · No Comments
The Employment Law Group® law firm is a contributing author of an annual update on the whistleblower retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a copy of which is available here. This annual update is a project of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Committee on Federal Labor Standards Legislation Subcommittee on […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Named as a Top Firm for Whistleblower Law
November 21st, 2007 · No Comments
The Washingtonian magazine’s list of top lawyers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area lists Jason Zuckerman ,Of Counsel, at The Employment Law Group® law firm on its list of top whistleblower lawyers. The Employment Law Group® law firm has established key precedent under the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and has substantial experience representing […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Establishes New Precedent Under SOX
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge William Dorsey has denied summary judgment in a SOX case brought by a former in-house attorney who was terminated for blowing the whistle on violations of SEC rules. Judge Dorsey’s order resolves several significant substantive and procedural issues under SOX, including:
· The Duty Speech Doctrine Does Not Apply to […]
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The Employment Law Group, P.C. Files Amicus Brief in High Profile SOX Case
November 12th, 2007 · No Comments
On behalf of the Government Accountability Project, the National Whistleblower Center and Taxpayers Against Fraud, the leading whistleblower advocacy organizations, The Employment Law Group® law firm filed an amicus brief in Welch v. Chao urging the Fourth Circuit to reverse the Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s decision establishing a standard for protected conduct that […]
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The National Law Journal Quotes The Employment Law Group, P.C. About SOX Whistleblower Protection
October 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Employers scoring in whistleblower actions
Tresa Baldas / Staff reporter
October 29, 2007A law that was designed to protect whistleblowers who reveal corporate fraud has produced robust victories for employers, which have plaintiffs’ lawyers and employee-rights advocates reeling.
Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 — which offers corporate whistleblowers protection from retaliation — about 1,000 […]
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The Financial Times Quotes The Employment Law Group, P.C. About SOX
October 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Whistleblowers Remain in the Line of Fire
September 12, 2007
When the Securities and Exchange Commission came under congressional fire this year for its handling of an insider trading probe into hedge fund Pequot Capital, Senator Charles Grassley said the episode showed that whistle-blowers were “as welcome as a skunk at a picnic”. The SEC denied suggestions […]