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Whistleblower Protection Laws
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Whistleblowers at the SEC Office of the Inspector General Allege Retaliation
Posted 11/13/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Wall Street Journal reports on employees within the SEC inspector general’s office alleging retaliation for pointing out misconduct within the office. At least two employees who work for Carl Hoecker, the current Inspector General at the SEC, filed complaints with different federal whistleblower agencies. The complaints allege that the whistleblower employees brought forth information of potential time and attendance fraud by a supervisor...
SEC Supreme Court Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Provisions Under Dodd-Frank
Posted 10/26/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team An article from Law360 discusses the SEC’s position on the anti-retaliation provisions in Dodd-Frank based on an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court. The case involves whistleblower Paul Somers, a former employee of Digital Realty Trust Inc., who sought to take advantage of Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation provisions even though he did not report the alleged securities violations by Digital Realty to the SEC until...
House of Representatives to Take Up Whistleblower Protection Act This Week
Posted 10/9/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 moves to the House of Representatives after being passed by the Senate in May. The House Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday October 10th to discuss the bill. The bill creates further protections for certain federal government whistleblowers. President Trump first took action in this area in with an Executive Order on...
House of Representatives to Takes Up Whistleblower Protection Act This Week
Posted 10/9/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 moves to the House of Representatives after being passed by the Senate in May. The House Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday October 10th to discuss the bill. The bill creates further protections for certain federal government whistleblowers. President Trump first took action in this area in with an Executive Order on...
Grassley, Leahy press Justice Department on 'Whistleblower' Protections
Posted 09/22/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Patrick Leahy on Wednesday pressed the Justice Department on its progress implementing whistleblower protections at the FBI. In a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Grassley and Leahy outline a series of concerns about whistleblower protections that have gone unaddressed despite government reports drawing attention to these problems and recommending changes. The Justice Department’s own report...
New FBI Whistleblower Protections Could Not Have Come At A Better Time
Posted 06/13/17
Forbes publishes article by Partner Gordon Schnell and associate Phillip Brown. (June 13, 2017)
Wells Fargo to Fight OSHA Order to Pay and Reinstate Whistleblower
Posted 04/6/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Wells Fargo will appeal an OSHA order issued earlier this week in which the agency ordered Wells Fargo to pay a former manager-turned-whistleblower a $5.4 million reward and reinstate him at the company. Wells Fargo terminated the whistleblower in 2010 after he reported problems to both his superiors and a banking ethics hotline, was given 90 days to find a new job in the...
Wells Fargo Whistleblower Wins $5.4 Million and His Job Back
Posted 04/4/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team A federal regulator on Monday ordered Wells Fargo to pay $5.4 million to a former manager who said he was fired in 2010 after reporting to his supervisors and to a bank ethics hotline what he suspected was fraudulent behavior. The bank must also rehire him, the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. OSHA concluded that the manager was "abruptly" forced to...