The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC that whistleblowers need not prove that an employer acted with “retaliatory intent” to establish a claim under […]
CFPB Issues Guidance on Whistleblower Rights Under the Consumer Financial Protection Act
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently released guidance warning that overly broad confidentiality agreements with employees may violate Section 1057 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, because the use […]
Second Circuit Confirms Whistleblower Activity Must Have Causal Relationship With Termination Decision For Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation Claims
On February 10, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC finding that, for Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation […]
DOJ Antitrust Division’s New Whistleblower Program Signals Pipeline for Investigations Outside of Leniency
On July 8, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced a new Whistleblower Program in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to offer monetary rewards […]
‘The Room Looked Stunned’: As Whistleblower, Critics Emerge, Here’s What to Expect for Emil Bove’s 3rd Circ. Confirmation Hearing
Bove, nominated for the vacant New Jersey seat on the appeals court, is set to go before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday in what is widely expected to […]
Walgreens Florida Whistleblower Plays Key Role in $300M Opioid Fraud Settlement
West Palm Beach law firms Rabin Kammerer Johnson and Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley teamed up to represent one of the four whistleblowers involved in a $300 […]
Fired Whistleblower Protector Abandons Legal Fight After Trump Wins DC Circuit Stay
The former head of an independent agency responsible for protecting federal whistleblowers on Thursday said he will abandon his legal fight to stay in office after an appeals […]
Judge Sustains Former Salesforce VP’s Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
A former Salesforce executive can proceed with a whistleblower retaliation suit as he sufficiently established that he was engaged in protected activity when sounding the alarm about the […]
4th Circuit Weighs Whether Hearings Are Needed Before Dismissing FCA Whistleblower Suits
4th Circuit Weighs Whether Hearings Are Needed Before Dismissing FCA Whistleblower Suits | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/05/08/4th-circuit-weighs-whether-hearings-are-needed-before-dismissing-fca-whistleblower-suits/ L-R: Judges Roger Gregory, Henry Floyd and A. Marvin Quattlebaum […]