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On June 13, 2019, the Fourth Circuit overturned the ARB's decision in favor of a complainant, ruling that the plaintiff had not engaged in protected activity under the SOX whistleblower

Are your employees covered by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower protection simply because your company contracts with a public company?

On March 13, 2013, the New York City Council overrode Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of a new Local Law that amends the New York City Human Rights Law ("NYCHRL") to prohibit discrimination against job applicants based on their unemployment status.

As if the recent increase in whistleblower suits and whistleblower rewards was not enough, employers should also be aware that America’s Watchdog, self-proclaimed as "one of the best known consumer advocacy groups in the United States," has created the Corporate Whistle Blower Center – an organization whose sole purpose is to assist whistleblowers in obtaining the maximum amount possible, especially in the healthcare arena.

The ARB recently affirmed the dismissal of a whistleblower retaliation claim under Section 806 of SOX, holding an employer is not a "contractor"

The ARB recently ruled that an employer advancing an after-acquired evidence defense in an AIR 21 whistleblower case must prove the defense by clear and convincing evidence.

David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, testified regarding proposed changes to the OSHA whistleblower provision.

The Wall Street Journal quoted Proskauer Partner Steve Pearlman in an article addressing the SEC’s whistleblower bounty program, and what 2013 likely holds in store for whistleblowers and their employers.

In Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., Case No. F069305, a California Court of Appeal determined that Plaintiff Cardenas could pursue a California Labor Code Section 1102.5 retaliation claim against her former employer.

The District of California ruled that the whistleblower protection provision in Dodd-Frank protects whistleblowers who report alleged violations both internally and to the SEC.

On December 21, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California stayed a plaintiff's whistleblower retaliation claim under SOX

In an employee-friendly opinion published Monday, May 22, 2023, the California Supreme Court held that an employee may be protected by the state's whistleblower law, even when reporting unlawful activities...

Our Labor & Employment Group reviews a California Supreme Court decision that makes it more difficult for employers to dispose of whistleblower retaliation claims.

As the pandemic slowly comes to an end, many employers are considering whether it is time to ask their employees to return to the workplace.

On July 24, 2024, the CFPB issued a circular detailing how companies may be breaking the law by requiring employees to sign broad nondisclosure agreements that could deter whistleblowing.

On September 29, 2015, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it will make its second award as part of its whistleblower program, which was created by Dodd-Frank.

On December 15, 2015, the District of Connecticut refused to dismiss a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim, ruling that: (1) the heightened Rule 9(b) pleading standard for fraud claims does not apply to SOX whistleblower retaliation claims; and (2) to plead a "reasonable belief," a SOX whistleblower plaintiff needs to show that her claim at least approximately satisfied the elements of a claim under the securities laws that allegedly were violated (i.e., that it is sufficiently "tethered" to a

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