Whistleblower Law Resources
By Alexis Ronickher and Matthew LaGarde
This article first appeared in Security Magazine on April 28, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to convert all or nearly all their employees to remote work in efforts to continue operating. While many companies had remote work capabilities in place before, few had...
In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020, which included the creation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a $349 billion economic stimulus initiative to provide small businesses and non-profit...
This article was first published in Corporate Complaince Insights by Michael Filoromo and Zac Arbitman of Youman & Caputo, LLC.
Whistleblower award programs established by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hit their strides in 2018. Less than a decade after its...
Katz Banks Kumin Partner Alexis Ronickher published an article in Corporate Compliance Insights on October 10, 2017 entitled “SEC Issues Statement on Cybersecurity.” Click here to view the article on the CCI website, or read the full text of the article below.
High-profile data breaches seem to come fast and frequently...
Katz Banks Kumin Associate Harini Srinivasan published an article in Corporate Compliance Insights on September 20, 2017 entitled “AG Sessions Vows To Continue Enforcement Of FCPA.” Click here to view the article on the CCI website, or read the full text of the article below.
AG Sessions Vows to Continue...
Katz Banks Kumin partner Lisa Banks and associate Mehreen Rasheed coauthored an article for Corporate Compliance Insights (CCI) entitled, "Wells Fargo Complaints Show Flaws in Federal Whistleblower Program." In the article published on December 9, 2016, Ms. Banks and Rasheed discussed how the recent Wells Fargo...
In a new Cafepharma interview entitled, “Safely Collecting Documents for Whistleblower Suits - Interview with an Employment Attorney,” Katz Banks Kumin partner Michael Filoromo offered his analysis of when and how whistleblowers can collect and share employer documents. Employment agreements often contain very broad...
Katz Banks Kumin partner Lisa Banks and associate Matthew LaGarde co-authored an article for Corporate Compliance Insights (CCI) on October 7, 2016, entitled, "When Attorneys and COs Blow the Whistle: Ambiguities and Challenges." In the article, the authors discuss challenges corporate "gatekeepers" such as...
Katz Banks Kumin partner David Marshall authored an article for the FCPA blog on August 15, 2016, entitled, “SEC breaks new ground, bans employer-imposed waiver of right to whistleblower award.” The article discussed how the SEC's recent action imposing a $265,000 penalty on BlueLinx Holdings Inc. for requiring...
Law360’s Carmen Germaine interviewed Katz Banks Kumin partner David Marshall for an article for Law360 on August 11, 2016, entitled, “SEC Shows No Patience For Muzzling Whistleblowers.” The article discussed the SEC's recent settlement with an Atlanta-based construction products distributor called BlueLinx...
