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When whistleblowers report unlawful conduct in the workplace to management or regulators, they often face serious negative consequences to their careers and reputations. Employees who take these risks by refusing to ignore or...

On February 26, 2016, Carolyn Wheeler, senior counsel for Katz Banks Kumin, delivered the keynote address for the St. Louis Law Review symposium, entitled “Shattering the Glass Ceiling: the Status of Women in the Workplace...

Financial whistleblowers found some support on Capitol Hill yesterday, when Senator Tammy Baldwin and Representative Elijah Cummings introduced the Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-Retaliation Act of 2016 (WARN Act),...

It is critical that workers who report workplace injuries or dangerous conditions know that they can do so without fear of reprisal. Workers’ confidence in that knowledge was bolstered on February 22, 2016, when the...

The Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Program (the “IRS Whistleblower Program”) is becoming more efficient and employee friendly, according to the IRS 2015 Annual Report to Congress (the “2015 Annual Report”),...

Aviation whistleblowers continue to be able to count on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at the Department of Labor (DOL) to have their back when employers retaliate against them for blowing the...

In September 2015, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decided Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC, holding that the Dodd-Frank Act protects whistleblowers who report securities violations to their employers. At the time Berman was...

Here at Katz Banks Kumin, we often talk to prospective clients who aren’t sure whether the facts of their case constitute an actionable claim of whistleblower retaliation. The question often boils down to this: I know what...

An accountant is asked to approve a few expenses from the company’s latest events. He is assured by his supervisor that the expenses are routine and can be approved without delay. Once the accountant takes a look, however,...

The Department of Defense, NASA and the General Services Administration are attempting to stop government contractors from barring their employees from blowing the whistle on fraud, waste and abuse. For many years, some...