Following passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which introduced criminal as well as civil liability for retaliating against certain types of whistleblowers in the private sector, retaliation claims have been filed with increasing frequency. Attorneys who file or defend these claims will want to stay on top of expanded whistleblower protections and related procedural developments in both the private and public sectors. Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Second Edition explains the nuts and bolts of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and other applicable federal and state laws, tracking litigation, and new legislation in detail to give practitioners up-to-date information on the latest issues, procedural problems, tactics, and strategies. The treatise provides analysis of developments related to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, which created whistleblower protections for employees in the health care sector, and the Dodd-Frank Act, which provides expansive protection to whistleblowers in the financial services industries, creates new protections for employees who report concerns to the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and creates new financial incentives for employees to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Whistleblowing: The Law Of Retaliatory Discharge

Daniel P. Westman

Nancy M. Modesitt

Constitutional Law

Bna Books

The Third Edition contains a new chapter that provides an overview of federal laws containing whistleblower protection. This chapter not only outlines the subjects on which whistleblowers in the private sector receive protection under federal law, but also explains burdens of proof in whistleblowing claims brought pursuant to federal statutes. A new section examines the increasing number of state statutes that contain whistleblower protections for employees who disclose wrongful behavior on particular topics (such as abuse of patients in nursing homes). The Third Edition includes discussions of: Lawson v. FMR LLC, in which the Supreme Court held that employees of private contractors and subcontractors of public companies are protected by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act s whistleblower provisions. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, in which the Supreme Court held that a Title VII retaliation plaintiff must prove that his or her protected activity was a but-for cause of the alleged adverse action by the employer. The Third Edition explains how this case is likely to affect retaliation claims under various federal and state whistleblower protection statutes. Lane v. Franks, in which the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment protects a public employee who provides truthful sworn testimony, compelled by subpoena, outside the scope of his ordinary job duties. This is the first Supreme Court case that has explained the Garcetti limitation on whistleblowing claims that allege infringement on government employees First Amendment rights. Additionally, the Third Edition includes updated material on recent DOL ARB decisions and outlines the revised OSHA investigations manual governing whistleblowing complaints filed with the DOL.

Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Third Edition

Janie F. Schulman

Daniel P. Westmanis

Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Third Edition, 2017 Cumulative Supplement

Reference

Bloomberg Law

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