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UN’s ILO Adopts Groundbreaking Convention On Workplace Harassment

By Yana Komsitsky on July 31, 2019 Posted in Compliance, Whistleblower

In inspirational news, the UN’s work and labor agency, the International Labor ...

Whistleblower Lawsuit Re SEC Regulations

By Thomas J. Crane on May 15, 2019 Posted in Whistleblower

In 2002, in reaction to the Enron scandal, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ...

Taking Company Documents to Support Whistleblowing – When Is ‘Self Help’ Unlawful?

By Kevin Griffith and Ed Ellis on June 5, 2018 Posted in Whistleblower

Even as federal protections for whistleblowers have expanded, employers can still take strategic actions to address employees taking confidential and proprietary business information to provide to a governmental agency or for use in a whistleblower act...

(Podcast) Steve Durham on $83MM SEC Whistleblower Award

By tfoxlaw on April 16, 2018 Posted in Compliance, SEC, Whistleblower

In March the SEC made its biggest-ever whistleblower award. It gave one person ...

Best Practices For An Effective Whistleblower/Internal Reporting Program In The US

By Caroline B. Burnett and Meredith L. Kaufman on March 22, 2018 Posted in SEC, Whistleblower

The value of robust internal reporting procedures was underscored this week ...

The US Supreme Court Narrows Definition Of “Whistleblower” Under Dodd-Frank

By Emily Harbison on February 22, 2018 Posted in SEC, Whistleblower

The Court relied on the purpose of the Dodd-Frank Act and the definition of the term ...

Whistle Blowers Sue HHSC

By Thomas J. Crane on February 1, 2018 Posted in Whistleblower

Two managers at the state Department of Health and Human Services Commission ...

Eastland Court of Appeals Sustains Whistleblower Suit

By Thomas J. Crane on August 22, 2017 Posted in Whistleblower

Chad Carter worked for the City of Abilene as an engineer. He complained ...

Cardiac Monitoring Cos. to Pay Nearly $13.5M in Whistleblower Settlement

By Texas Lawyer on June 27, 2017 Posted in Whistleblower

Bogdan and Spectocor marketed the Pocket ECG as capable of performing three ...

U.S. Fifth Circuit Adopts Broad Definition of “Good Faith” for Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Claims

By Devin C. Reid on June 7, 2017 Posted in Litigation, Maritime, Whistleblower

In doing so, both the Fifth Circuit and the Louisiana Supreme Court apply a ...

This Week in FCPA-Episode 51, the Cinco De Mayo Edition

By tfoxlaw on May 5, 2017 Posted in Compliance, Due Diligence, SEC, Whistleblower

Over some breakfast tacos and Mexican coffee, Jay and I have a wide-ranging ...

Fourth Court Reverses Summary Judgment

By Thomas J. Crane on March 20, 2017 Posted in Whistleblower

In Torres v. City of San Antonio, Lt. Torres worked for the City Fire Department. In ...

GSK Executive Files Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Marketing of Smoking Cessation Drug

By Robert Kraft on April 1, 2016 Posted in Whistleblower

Alexandre Selmani claims he was terminated after pointing out flaws in studies ...

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