From the "Snowden Effect" to multi-million dollar bounties, whistleblowing is bigger, badder and broader than ever before. Inquiring employers want to know – are the courts and enforcement agencies going to pull the brake on this runaway train? Find out in this program covering the most important recent cases and developments in whistleblowing and retaliation litigation, including:
- The U.S. Supreme Court's first Sarbanes-Oxley case and what it might mean for the millions of privately held companies that do business with publicly traded corporations
- A widening split of authority on the question "who is a whistleblower?" under Dodd-Frank
- Dramatic expansions in the definition of "protected activity" at OSHA and in the federal courts
- The real and potential impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Nassar to apply a narrow standard of causation in Title VII retaliation cases
- Applicability of U.S. whistleblower protections to U.S. employees working abroad
- Potentially game-changing bounty awards issued by the SEC and other federal agencies
- The use of nefarious tactics by whistleblowers, such as theft of confidential company information, as grounds for dismissal of whistleblower claims
- Critical developments at the state level
- Ethical, legal and practical issues presented by the growing trend of attorneys as whistleblowers
- New whistleblower protections under the Affordable Care Act – is this the next big thing?
Register for this event by September 22, 2014.
Lunch & Registration: 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Program: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Location:
The Lounge at the Jacksonville Public Library
303 N. Laura St.
Jacksonville, FL
Continuing Education: CLE credit pending approval and PHR/SPHR credit has been approved
To Register: Email nfla@acc-chapters.com
