Whistleblower retaliation claims are on the rise nationwide, and businesses large and small, public and private, are feeling the impact. These claims grow out of adverse employment actions against employees who have reported or complained about alleged company misconduct. This misconduct can include false contract claims or corporate, banking, accounting, wire, or investor or securities fraud.
Whistleblower retaliation claims are on the rise nationwide, and businesses large and small, public and private, are feeling the impact. These claims grow out of adverse employment actions against employees who have reported or complained about alleged company misconduct. This misconduct can include false contract claims or corporate, banking, accounting, wire, or investor or securities fraud. In some cases, an employee may have reported alleged violations of laws and regulations relating to nuclear and environmental safety, highway safety, rail safety, food safety, consumer product safety, occupational safety or patient protection.
Williams Mullen has assembled a team of professionals with experience representing employers and corporate clients in a broad spectrum of whistleblower and retaliation actions and investigations under the following statutes:
- Clean Air Act
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
- Consumer Product Safety
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Energy Reorganization Act
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- False Claims Act
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Federal Rail Safety Act
- Federal Water Pollution Control Act
- FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Immigration and Nationality Act
- Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002
- National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007
- National Labor Relations Act
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Seaman's Protection Act
- Solid Waste Disposal Act
- Surface Transportation Assistance Act
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21)
News
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12.20.2016
U.S. Department of Justice Recovered More Than $4.7 Billion From Civil False Claims Act Cases in 2016
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07.06.2016
Risk and Uncertainty for Health Care Providers and Government Contractors in the Wake of Universal Health Services v. Escobar
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01.16.2014
State Attorneys General Served “home cooking” by the Supreme Court of the United States
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11.13.2013
Immigration Fraud Whistleblower Likely to receive a $5M Bounty from Infosys’s $34M False Claims Act Settlement: Is Your Business Immigration Program Prepared for a Similar Whistleblower Attack?
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07.22.2013
5th Circuit Surprise: To Qualify for Dodd-Frank Protection, “Whistleblower” Must Provide Information to SEC
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06.17.2013
In-“Credible”: Tenth Circuit Opinion Highlights Importance of Winning the Credibility Battle Early in Whistleblower Litigation
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04.04.2013
Third Circuit Adopts Obama Administration’s New Standard for Pleading Requirements in Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
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03.21.2013
Second Circuit Clarifies Burden-Shifting Framework for Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
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11.15.2012
Whistleblowers Behaving Badly: Employee’s Attitude Problem Dooms Whistleblower Claim
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10.04.2012
Federal Court Broadly Defines “Whistleblower” Under the Dodd-Frank Act
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10.04.2012
Federal Court Broadly Defines “Whistleblower” Under the Dodd-Frank Act
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08.16.2012
Expert Opinion Piece in Law360: "Companies, Be Wary Of Those Who 'Whistle' While They Work"
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06.07.2012
ARB Holds Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s Whistleblower Protections Apply to Employees of Contractors to Publicly Traded Companies, Rejects First Circuit Decision to the Contrary
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05.22.2012
Whistleblower Protection Only Goes So Far
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05.21.2012
OSHA To Establish Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
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05.17.2012
Bankruptcy Order Terminates Complainant’s Whistleblower Complaint
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05.17.2012
Administrative Review Board Holds that Title VII Burden-Shifting Scheme Is Inapplicable to Claims of Retaliation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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05.08.2012
A “New Rules” for Recognizing Potential SOX Whistleblowers
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12.16.2010
Employment Aspects of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Events
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11.20.2020
CLE Institute 2020
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10.08.2020
CLE Institute - Justice is Collar Blind
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