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OSHA recently released its final rule implementing the whistleblower provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ("CFPA").

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee met on September 3-4, 2014.

On March 29, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a defendant-employer's motion for summary judgment on a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim...

On May 5, 2020, a Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued a report and recommendation recommending that a defendant-employer's motion for summary judgment dismissing a SOX ...

Legislation proposed by a member of the New Jersey Senate would amend the Law Against Discrimination, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, and Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act to extend legal protections and remedies to unpaid interns.

Juries in Philadelphia and Anchorage have recently issued multi-million dollar jury awards in favor of whistleblowers.

In fiscal year 2012, the Justice Department recovered nearly $5 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments, a single-year high, and the second straight year DOJ set a new record.

Retaliation cases continue to grow in number and, in a decision on June 4, 2013 of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, in scope as well.

The Issue: A terminated employee makes a claim against the employer for damages. The company says it fired him for stealing from the company.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), published updated regulations Monday to bring its whistleblower bounty efforts more in line with the SEC's.

On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, expanded the protections offered to whistleblowers under anti-fraud laws, in Lawson v. FMR LLC.

On February 28, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a former chief marketing officer's claim of whistleblower retaliation under the Dodd Frank Act.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted a motion for summary judgment dismissing a plaintiff's SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims.

On June 3, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a defendant-employer's motion for summary judgment on SOX and Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claims, finding that the alleged whistleblowing did not involve fraud related to a public company.

On April 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its first settlement of an enforcement action under the SEC's Rule 21F-17.

Whistleblowers continue to reap extraordinary awards under Dodd-Frank's "bounty" program in exchange for bringing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

On June 12, 2013, the SEC issued the second-ever whistleblower bounty award pursuant to Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

On August 23, 2024, the SEC announced payment of more than $98 million in total to two whistleblowers who provided the SEC with information and assistance...