By Avalon Zoppo | September 25, 2024
"When our law is wrong, it is our duty to correct it," Judge Danielle Forrest wrote for the Ninth Circuit.
By VerdictSearch | September 24, 2024
On March 21, 2018, plaintiff Jeffrey Krug was terminated from his job as dean of the Zeigler College of Business at Bloomsburg University. Krug claimed he was fired for reporting sexual harassment allegedly committed by the university's president, Bashar Hanna.
By Riley Brennan | September 17, 2024
"Protected activity only needs to implicate 'a reasonable belief' that 'a violation is likely to happen,'" U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley for the District of Massachusetts said. "Given his background and the factual circumstances, Wirth had enough information to sufficiently plead that he reasonably believed a violation of SOX was likely to happen."
By Mason Lawlor | September 11, 2024
"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.
By Jonathan New, Patrick Campbell and Sydney Park | September 11, 2024
By incentivizing individuals to report misconduct through its Whistleblower Pilot Program, the DOJ has expanded its arsenal and the means by which it can identify misconduct. So wrongdoers beware — although this is not the Old West, everybody loves a good bounty.
By Andrew Wirmani and Allison Cook | September 9, 2024
"The Department of Justice recently announced a three-year pilot program that uses financial rewards to encourage whistleblowers to report corporate misconduct," write Andrew Wirmani and Allison Cook of Reese Marketos.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | August 30, 2024
As an initial matter, the government's refusal to intervene in an FCA action does not strip a relator of his Article III standing in bringing an FCA action when the relator does not suffer an injury in fact. Qui tam actions present a "well-established exception" to the traditional Article III analysis.
By Avalon Zoppo | August 29, 2024
The majority said a requirement that there be an "opportunity for a hearing" in qui tam dismissal motions was satisfied. Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum disagreed.
By Mark Ramos | August 13, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is urging a Leon County circuit judge to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former Florida Department of Law Enforcement chief of staff who contends he was forced to step down after reporting wrongdoing.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Nicholas J. Pappas and Elena Modl | August 7, 2024
"Ensure that employment policies include clearly defined channels of communication which allow employees to raise concerns," write Nicholas J. Pappas and Elena Modl.
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