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On January 13, 2017, OSHA published the Recommended Practices for Anti-Retaliation Programs.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently completed a Memorandum of Understanding (December 1, 2015)...

A recent audit conducted by Inspector General (OIG) concluded that the training provided to OSHA whistleblower complaint investigators could be improved in material respects (we previously blogged about the OIG's audit here).

Following through on its April 2015 "clarification" of the investigative standard in whistleblower matters, OSHA issued a new whistleblower investigations manual overnight restating the mission of its investigators.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a draft document intended to "help employers" to develop a program to protect employees from retaliation...

President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA), which enhances whistleblower protections for employees of contractors and subcontractors vis-à-vis the Department of Defense.

While the Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated at least two new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions against U.S. companies...

Large fines have recently been imposed against public companies due to using confidentiality provisions that violate whistleblower provisions under federal securities law.

An Illinois state court of appeals recently held that the Cook County Department of Public Health was not liable for common law retaliatory discharge because plaintiff/appellant failed to identify a cognizable "public policy".

In this episode of our Safety Perspectives From the Dallas Region podcast series, shareholders John Surma (Houston) and Frank Davis (Dallas) are joined by former federal whistleblower investigator...

In this episode of our Safety Perspectives From the Dallas Region podcast series, shareholders Frank Davis (Dallas) and John Surma (Houston) conclude their discussion with former federal whistleblower investigator Jeff Cedar.

Eric Akira Tate and Cooper Spinelli authored an article for the Daily Journal providing an overview of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's (SOX) burden-shifting framework and a brief summary...

On February 5, 2018, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Defendant Khan Funds Management America, Inc.'s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a whistleblower retaliation claim under Dodd-Frank...

Failing to heed a powerful message from the Second Circuit, overseas plaintiffs are continuing to seek to pursue SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims.

On June 22, 2016, Judge Daniels of the Southern District of New York dismissed SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims, ruling that Plaintiff's alleged internal complaints did not constitute protected activity, as they did not implicate securities laws, mail fraud, or wire fraud.

On September 18, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a defendant-employer's motion to dismiss a SOX

On August 24, 2016, the Southern District of New York denied Defendants' motion to dismiss a Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claim brought by its former co-CEO and Executive Chairman...

The SEC announced two separate whistleblower awards worth approximately $4.2 million combined.