Whistleblower Law Blog

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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® 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 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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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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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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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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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 […]

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