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The U.S. Supreme Court has recently agreed to consider the scope of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 whistleblower protections.

Two victories for employers last week in Dodd-Frank and SOX whistleblower cases may provide a basis for at least a sliver of optimism among employers and whistleblower defense lawyers hammered by a recent series of employee-favorable decisions under the two main federal statutes covering whistleblowing activity.

The Eastern District of Tennessee recently dismissed whistleblower claims, finding that the Plaintiff was not entitled to protection under Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, or the False Claims Act.

Complainant worked for another entity before it was acquired by the Company.

BofI shareholders filed a putative class action securities fraud suit when BofI's stock price fell over 30% after news broke of the whistleblower litigation.

The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) recently revised its wage and hour poster to include information on the misclassification of workers as independent contractors.

Following his termination from employment, the chief medical officer of a large international company filed a complaint alleging the company's decision was the unjust result of his whistleblowing activities.

On February 2, 2016, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a long-running SOX whistleblower suit filed by Jeffrey Wiest, a former accounts payable manager for Tyco Electronics.

A jury verdict awarding more than $3 million to Plaintiff James Crowley (Plaintiff) on his whistleblower retaliation claim under the Illinois State Official and Employee Ethics Act (Ethics Act) (5 ILCS § 430/15-5, et seq.) Crowley v. Watson, No. 1-14-2847 (Mar. 2, 2016) was upheld by an Illinois Appellate court on March 2, 2016.

While the world held its collective breath last month as search teams desperately looked for a missing submersible carrying five Titanic tourists...

In reaction to the Jerry Sandusky revelations in Pennsylvania, the Louisiana Legislature enacted a new whistleblower statute intended to protect employees from reprisal for reporting any fellow employee’s sexual abuse of a minor.

The nation's top court will soon decide a key aspect of how employers should handle employee complaints about possible fraud or financial wrongdoing in the company that may violate federal laws.

When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in November, he vowed to "dismantle" the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank").

According to a poll conducted during an Ogletree Deakins webinar in 2021, 70 percent of approximately 1,200 attendees had experienced an increase in internal workplace complaints.

The SEC and the CFTC each awarded almost $2 million to whistleblowers for providing information that helped the agencies bring successful enforcement actions.

Brandon Van Grack spoke to ABC News about Jack Teixeira, the alleged Pentagon documents leaker who reportedly was driven to share classified information by a desire...

If your company receives any funding from the federal government, you'd better buckle your seat belt. You may be in for a very bumpy—and costly— litigation ride.

In 2008, Siemens AG paid $800 million to settle charges that it had violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which generally prohibits bribery of foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business.