Sentences with phrase «federal whistleblower law»

In her final speech before leaving the EPA, Enck told the agency's career scientists to «get familiar with the federal whistleblower law.»

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that whistleblower protections in a federal law passed in response to the Enron financial scandal apply broadly to employees of publicly traded companies and contractors hired by the companies.

In Philadelphia, Shauna is a shareholder at a law firm representing whistleblowers in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Mr. Lopez has defended numerous school districts, charter schools, other governmental entities and private employers from claims under state and federal constitutional claims, Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, workers» compensation retaliation, the Texas Whistleblower Act and state law tort claims.

The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) requires Federal agencies to keep their employees, former employees, and applicants for employment informed of their antidiscrimination and whistleblower protections; post quarterly statistics on their websites; and train all employees regarding the rights and remedies to which they are entitled under the law.

The No FEAR Act, with an effective date of October 1, 2003, requires that Federal agencies be more accountable for violations of anti-discrimination and whistleblower protection laws.

The Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) requires Federal agencies to keep their employees, former employees, and applicants for employment informed of their antidiscrimination and whistleblower protections; post quarterly statistics on their Web sites; and train all employees regarding the rights and remedies to which they are entitled under the law.

In 2002, the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act was enacted to make all Federal agencies accountable for violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws and the Kirkpatrick Act of 2017 enhances disciplinary penalties for supervisors who engage in whistleblowing retaliation.

There have been many developments in securities whistleblower rulings over the years, but none as compelling as Justice Ginsburg's opinion in Digital Realty Trust, Inc., vs. Somers which held that an employee who merely reports potential securities law violations internally has not done enough to avail himself of the extensive Dodd - Frank anti-retaliation protections, including «the immediate access to federal court, a generous statute of limitations (at least six years), and the opportunity to recover double backpay.»

If you have been fired, demoted or harassed by your employer for reporting information regarding fraud, you have rights under federal and Connecticut state whistleblower laws.

Recently, Ted Walton won a whistleblower trial in front of a Federal Administrative Law judge.

This year's list also sees a strong cohort of new movers and shakers including Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati, who challenged the federal government's appointment of Justice Marc Nadon to the Supreme Court of Canada; Mark Morris and Lena Koke, who shook up the profession with the launch of their Wal - Mart store - based law firm; and federal government whistleblower Edgar Schmidt.

His primary focus is in three areas: Dealing with labor unions — bargaining, grievances, arbitrations, and litigation; Employment litigation — discrimination, whistleblower, wage / hour, retaliation and other causes of action before federal and state courts and administrative agencies; and human resources counseling — helping managers deal with day - to - day issues, training, compliance, policies and procedures, drafting ordinances, public records, and Sunshine Law.

Practice Areas: Federal Grants Law, Government Investigations Law, Governmental Defense Law, Local Government Defense Law, Defense Contract Fraud Law, Defense Contracts Law, False Claims Act Law, Federal Contracts Law, White Collar Crime Law, Whistleblower Litigation Law, Qui Tam Litigation Law, Corporate Law, Litigation, Commercial Litigation Law, Commercial Law, Labor and Employment Law, Appellate Practice Law

The Mavrick Law Firm also has successfully defended businesses defending against lawsuits in state and federal court asserting discrimination and retaliation, including claims of race discrimination, sexual harassment and discrimination, worker's compensation retaliation and discharge, age discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, and other claims.

Cases involving Medicare fraud, defense contractor fraud and other types of fraud against the federal government and states brought under the False Claims Act and similar state whistleblower laws.

Julie focuses on employment litigation, and regularly defends employers in judicial, arbitration, and administrative proceedings involving claims for discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation (including Sarbanes - Oxley whistleblower claims), defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of federal and state leave laws, and breach of contract.

With over 40 years of providing legal services to clients throughout Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Law Firm of Altman & Altman has the experience and resources necessary to bring a whistleblower lawsuit against an entity committing fraud against the federal and / or state government.

Bloomberg Law is reporting that a little - noticed lawsuit filed in New York federal court accuses a former federal prosecutor of unethically preventing a whistleblower from telling the FTC that he hacked an embattled company's files using «FBI surveillance software» that the prosecutor gave him.

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Whistleblower Act Both state and federal laws prohibit employers from retaliating against their employees (such as firing them) for whistle blowing.

There are a select list of claims for which there a statutes barring employment discrimination based upon seeking relief under them (mostly federal regulatory law whistleblower protections).

Comment: One commenter suggested that a notice of information practices that omits disclosure for voluntary reporting of fraud will chill internal whistleblowers who will be led to believe — falsely — that they would violate federal privacy law, and be lawfully subject to sanction by their employer, if they reported fraud to health oversight agencies.

Whistleblower Protection Laws There are various laws on the federal and state levels that protect whistleblowLaws There are various laws on the federal and state levels that protect whistleblowlaws on the federal and state levels that protect whistleblowers.

He has experience with an vast number of federal and New York employment laws, including: anti-discrimination laws (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, Equal Pay Act, and New York State and City Human Rights Laws); wage and hour laws (FLSA and New York Labor Law); New York trade secret and restrictive covenant laws; the FMLA; Title III of the ADA; employment contract and implied contract claims; whistleblower claims; WARN Acts; defamation claims; and tort clalaws, including: anti-discrimination laws (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, Equal Pay Act, and New York State and City Human Rights Laws); wage and hour laws (FLSA and New York Labor Law); New York trade secret and restrictive covenant laws; the FMLA; Title III of the ADA; employment contract and implied contract claims; whistleblower claims; WARN Acts; defamation claims; and tort clalaws (Title VII, ADA, ADEA, Equal Pay Act, and New York State and City Human Rights Laws); wage and hour laws (FLSA and New York Labor Law); New York trade secret and restrictive covenant laws; the FMLA; Title III of the ADA; employment contract and implied contract claims; whistleblower claims; WARN Acts; defamation claims; and tort claLaws); wage and hour laws (FLSA and New York Labor Law); New York trade secret and restrictive covenant laws; the FMLA; Title III of the ADA; employment contract and implied contract claims; whistleblower claims; WARN Acts; defamation claims; and tort clalaws (FLSA and New York Labor Law); New York trade secret and restrictive covenant laws; the FMLA; Title III of the ADA; employment contract and implied contract claims; whistleblower claims; WARN Acts; defamation claims; and tort clalaws; the FMLA; Title III of the ADA; employment contract and implied contract claims; whistleblower claims; WARN Acts; defamation claims; and tort claims.

There are many state and federal «whistleblower» protection laws.

In addition to «internal efforts,» the many state and federal so - called «whistleblower» laws stand ready to assist.