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Settlement Provides $1 Million to Nurses and $1.2 Million in Relief of Alleged Debt for Class Members Cincinnati, Ohio — A federal judge granted preliminary approval for a settlement in a class action matter that will...

In Complaint Filed with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Career NIH Program Director Alleges Unlawful Retaliation for Protected Whistleblowing Activity (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Jenna Norton, a career government...

Social Security whistleblower client Charles Borges and KBK partner Debra Katz joined Amna Nawaz on PBS NewsHour to discuss allegations that DOGE officials illegally accessed sensitive data in March 2025. Last week, the U.S....

Washington — Today, following a filing in federal court regarding the misuse of Social Security data, attorney Debra S. Katz, counsel for Social Security Administration whistleblower Charles (Chuck) Borges, issued the...

KBK’s Alexis Ronickher and Isabel Rothberg authored a new piece for Bloomberg Law published today examining emerging state and federal whistleblower laws around Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. The attorneys discuss...

Data scientist claims agency’s anti-transgender policies create hostile work environment in violation of Civil Rights Act  Washington, D.C. – Sarah O’Neill, an employee of the National Security Agency (NSA),...

Independent Agencies Fail to Protect Whistleblowers Under Trump Administration, According to Suit Washington — Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),...

KBK partner Matthew LaGarde published an Insight today in Bloomberg Law on an emerging cybersecurity issue among defense contractors. With the U.S. Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0...

Charles Borges, Former SSA Data Chief, Retaliated Against for Raising Alarms that DOGE Compromised the Social Security Data of Hundreds of Millions of Americans (Washington, D.C.) – Whistleblower and former Chief Data...

KBK is pleased to welcome two excellent additions to the firm. Isabel Rothberg is the firm’s 2025-2026 Litigation Fellow. Ms. Rothberg is a recent graduate of Berkeley Law. During law school, Isabel interned at an...