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In February of this year, the FDA issued a warning to consumers that it was investigating complaints of cronobacter and salmonella infections in four infants who had consumed powdered baby formula from Abbott Nutrition’s...

Last week, the United States Soccer Federation announced that the United States Women’s National Team Players Association and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association have agreed to terms of historic...

With a recent decision from the California Supreme Court, Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, 503 P.3d 659 (Cal. 2022), whistleblowers in California will face fewer legal obstacles when claiming that their employer...

On March 3, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. The bill adds a new Chapter 4 to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), a law passed in 1925 to ensure...

On November 9, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA” or “the Agency”) awarded $24 million to whistleblower Kim Gwang-ho, a Hyundai engineer who provided information about safety violations...

For the second year in a row, New York has passed new legislation expanding protection for whistleblowers, likely in response to the prevalence of both whistleblowing and retaliation in the era of COVID-19. Until these...

In a surprising move, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law three bills: Senate Bill 45 (“S.B. 45”), Senate Bill 282 (“S.B. 282”), and House Bill 21 (“H.B. 21), that will extend protections for sexual...

Last month the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had awarded $200 million to a single whistleblower, by far the largest award it has ever granted. Prior to this award, the largest award given to...

Concerns about whether the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “the Commission”) will have the resources to continue administering its whistleblower program were alleviated, at least in the short term,...

Frances Haugen, a former product manager at Facebook, recently revealed her identity as the whistleblower who reported Facebook to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and provided internal Facebook documents to...