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In Westawski v. Merck & Co., No. 14-cv-3239 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 18, 2016), the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted Defendant Merck & Co. (Company) summary judgment...

After his employment was terminated, Plaintiff filed SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claims in the District of Minnesota.

Late last month, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated portions of a former executive’s False Claims Act ("FCA") whistleblower action against Health Management Associates Inc. ("HMA"), alleging that the company engaged in an illegal to generate referrals of Medicare and Medicaid patients to its facilitates.

Plaintiff Leslie Smith sued her former employer and its owners for retaliation under Section 806 of SOX and the Florida Whistle-Blower Act.

On October 2, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania federal court denied a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim

The District Court for D.C. dismissed a claim brought by a former employee of Fannie Mae alleging violations of the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim where the plaintiff failed to establish an employer-employee relationship with the defendant.

On February 15, 2019, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the grant of summary judgment in favor of Andeavor Corporation f/k/a Tesoro Corporation on a SOX whistleblower claim ...

Thereafter, Shields alleged that Guilfoile threatened to sue him for defamation and tortious interference.

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower recently announced that the first-ever whistleblower award under the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program will be increased by $150,000 based on additional assets the SEC collected from one the defendants in the case.

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently upheld sanctions of more than $191,000 to Sunhillo Corporation in connection with its defense of claims under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act.

Rohrer v. Oswego Cove, LLC is the latest case to address whether a common law wrongful discharge claim is preempted by statute.

On September 27, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a defendant-employer summary judgment on a whistleblower retaliation claim under the Illinois

On March 2, 2016, an Illinois Appellate court upheld a jury verdict awarding over $3 million to Plaintiff James Crowley on his whistleblower retaliation claim under the Illinois State Official and Employee Ethics Act.

On May 5, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a defendant-employer's motion for summary judgment on whistleblower retaliation claims...

Arnold & Porter's Jane Norberg was recently featured on the "Great Women in Compliance" podcast. With her extensive experience as a former Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower...

We invite you to review our newly-posted July 2022 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law.