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Credits: 2.0 Credit Hours
Description: Don’t miss this chance to catch up on recent developments under whistleblower reward and whistleblower protection laws, including developments under the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and False Claims Act. The class will provide those who attend with practical insights on the following issues:
- Impact of Supreme Court’s decision in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust on corporate whistleblowers and corporate compliance programs
- Recent SEC whistleblower awards
- Trend in DOL Administrative Review Board and federal court decisions on the scope of Sarbanes-Oxley protected conduct.
- The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar on implied certification claims
- The scope of the False Claims Act’s anti-retaliation provision and the interplay of whistleblower reward and whistleblower protection claims
- Best practices for investigating and responding to whistleblower disclosures and
- Tips for representing whistleblowers at the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, and IRS
Join us for this popular class which is part of our Handling Whistleblower Claim Series. Those who attend will hear from our faculty experts as they discuss the many issues and developing case law on whistleblower claims arising in the private sector. Also, those who attend this class may be interested in attending Handling Whistleblower Claims 2023 - Rights of Federal Employees (On-Demand).
Faculty:
Tricia Bozyk Sherno, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Laurence J. Freedman, Mintz Levin
Adam Herzog, Katz Banks LLP
Eduardo A. Santiago-Acevedo, Prudential Financial Inc.
Jason Zuckerman, Zuckerman Law