By Cogan Schneier | September 18, 2017
National security lawyer Mark Zaid and former State Department employee John Tye launched Whistleblower Aid on Monday.
By Rhys Dipshan | September 15, 2017
The journalist who broke the Edward Snowden leaks dissects the legal foundations of NSA surveillance, and the complacency of a “malfeasant” U.S. judiciary.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 14, 2017
Leave to Amend Granted; Plaintiff Lacked Supreme Court Guidance on Materiality
By Philip M. Berkowitz | September 14, 2017
In his Employment Issues column, Philip M. Berkowitz discusses a late-August decision with potentially far-reaching implications for foreign and multinational employers, in which the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (ARB), held that SOX's whistleblower provisions have extraterritorial application—in apparent contradiction of appellate court and indeed prior ARB case law.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 7, 2017
In December 2015, plaintiff Joel Allen, a hostler in his mid-50s, was terminated from his job with the Philadelphia Police. He had worked for the mounted police department for about 12 years. His duties consisted of caring for the horses used by police officers.
By Kristen Rasmussen | September 7, 2017
Santa Fe, New Mexico's St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and its Irving, Texas-based partner Christus Health have agreed to pay $12.24 million plus interest to settle allegations that they made illegal donations to county governments under a discontinued state matching program, and a whistleblower will receive $2.25 million for his or her share of the recovery.
By C. Ryan Barber | September 6, 2017
A federal labor appeals panel has revived a whistleblower's claims against the defense contractor Exelis Systems Corp., ruling that the employee can allege retaliation even though he raised concerns about unlawful conduct outside the United States and was fired while overseas.
By Max Mitchell | September 1, 2017
Does Pennsylvania's whistleblower law allow plaintiffs to recover noneconomic damages, such as humiliation and emotional distress?
By Marcia Coyle | August 25, 2017
Thirteen legal scholars, in a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, say U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's reassignment of 50 senior executives is illegal if the moves are part of an attrition strategy or to punish views inconsistent with the Trump administration's policies.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 24, 2017
Wells Fargo, represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, mounts an appeal to challenge the wrongful-termination claims of a former branch manager in California who alleged she was fired after blowing the whistle on bankers opening new accounts without proper authorization. OSHA ordered the bank to reinstate the whistleblower, and pay $577,500 in back pay and damages.
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