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Illinois Whistleblower Act: Employee Need Not Be Original Source To Have An...
An Illinois Appellate Court recently found that the Illinois Whistleblower Protection Act (740 ILCS § 174/1, et seq.) (IWA) does not require that the employee’s disclosure is the first, or only,...
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Retaliatory Discharge Under Illinois Law: “Public Policy” Strictly...
An Illinois state court of appeals recently held that the Cook County Department of Public Health (“Cook County”) was not liable for common law retaliatory discharge because plaintiff/appellant failed...
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Recent Multi-Million Dollar Whistleblower Jury Awards — A Wake-Up Call For...
In what might be an unsettling trend for employers, juries in Philadelphia and Anchorage have recently issued multi-million dollar jury awards in favor of whistleblowers. Specifically, on March 22,...
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NJ Jury Renders $2.1 Million Punitive Damage Award in Whistleblower Case
In a recent lawsuit before the Superior Court of New Jersey in Hudson County, a jury unanimously awarded $2.1 million in punitive damages to a hospital lab technician after finding his employer...
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Minnesota Jury Awards Whistleblowing Dean Nearly $400,000
On August 15, 2013, a Washington County, Minnesota jury awarded the former dean of a for-profit university $395,000 under Minnesota’s whistleblower law (M.S.A. § 181.932). This verdict is consistent...
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Watch Out for “Watchdogs”: The N.J. Appellate Division Expressly Expands CEPA...
On September 4, 2013, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., Docket No. L–9025–06, 2013 WL 4726834 (App. Div. September 04, 2013), reversed a ruling by the Superior Court, Law...
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New California Law Expands Protections for Whistleblowers
On October 12, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB 496, which, along with two other new laws (SB 666 and AB 263), expands protections for whistleblowers in California by...
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Proskauer’s Sulzer featured in WSJ.com on CA’s New Whistleblower Law
In a recent WSJ.com article, Kenneth Sulzer, partner and co-head of Proskauer’s California Labor and Employment Law Group, discussed the implications of California’s new whistleblower law prohibiting...
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Trends In N.J. Whistleblowing And Retaliation Law – 2013 Roundup
2013 was a busy year for whistleblowing and retaliation law in New Jersey. This blog post summarizes noteworthy statutory and judicial developments for employers to consider in the new year. STATUTORY...
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Cal. Appellate Court: Cal. State Courts Have Concurrent Jurisdiction Over FCA...
On January 30, 2014, the California Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District ruled that California State courts have concurrent jurisdiction over retaliation claims under the federal False...
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Illinois Whistleblower Awarded $3 Million Following Jury Trial
In what appears to be an alarming trend for employers, the Chicago Tribune recently reported that a former Chicago State University employee was awarded $3 million after a Cook County, Illinois jury...
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Can Employees “Blow the Whistle” by Simply Working? EANJ says No.
On behalf of the Employers Association of New Jersey (“EANJ”), Proskauer attorneys Mark Saloman, Daniel Saperstein, Allana Grinshteyn, and Nicholas Tamburri submitted an amicus brief on an important...
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New York Court of Appeals Expands Potential For State Whistleblower Claims
The New York Court of Appeals recently ruled that a whistleblower need not plead the specific “law, rule or regulation” that the employer purportedly violated to state a cause of action under the New...
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CEPA Roundup
In recent weeks, New Jersey’s primary whistleblower statute—the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”)—has been the subject of increased judicial scrutiny. In Hitesman v. Bridgeway, Inc., 214...
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Court Affirms $3M Jury Award In Illinois Whistleblower Action
On August 28, 2014, Judge James McCarthy issued a decision in Crawley v. Chicago State University, Case No. 10 L 12657 (Cook County, Ill., Law Div.), affirming payment of over $3 million to Plaintiff...
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Further Expanding An Already Expansive NJ Whistleblowing Law
Often touted as the most expansive state whistleblowing law in the U.S., New Jersey’s seemingly boundless Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”) may get even broader. On October 9, 2014, New...
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Cal. App. Court Finds in Favor of “Whistleblower” Who Never Blew the Whistle
In Diego v. Pilgrim United Church of Christ, — Cal.Rptr.3d —-, 2014 WL 6602601 (Cal. App. 4 Dist.) (available here), the California Court of Appeal determined that Cecilia Diego (Plaintiff) could...
View ArticleTrends in N.J. Whistleblowing and Retaliation Law – 2014 Roundup
2014 was another busy year for developments in whistleblowing and retaliation law in New Jersey. This blog post summarizes noteworthy state and federal cases for employers to consider in the new year....
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NY Whistleblower Bounty Program On The Horizon?
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced his plans to propose legislation that would create a whistleblower incentive program at the state level. The proposal, titled the Financial...
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Washington Jury Awards “Perceived” Whistleblower $1 Million
In a jury verdict issued on March 26, 2015, a supervisor for the nation’s largest ferry system was awarded $1 million because the jury concluded that his employer demoted him as an act of retaliation...
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