Four former waiters with the famous Peter Luger Steak House in Great Neck, New York are suing the company, claiming the restaurant failed to pay them overtime and minimum wage for work done as far back as 2007. The lawsuit, which was filed last week… Read More

As an update to an earlier post, the United States government has made the important decision to join a whistleblower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong. The suit, filed by Armstrong’s former teammate Floyd Landis, revolves around Armstrong’… Read More

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other corporate lobbying groups have kicked off a major push to force the federal government to update and revise existing anti-foreign bribery laws. Specifically, the corporate groups have urged regulators to provide… Read More

According to recently released data from the federal government, the Internal Revenue Service paid a record setting $125.4 million to whistleblowers in 2012. The total includes an especially massive payout to a former employee of UBS, a Swiss bank th… Read More

A former personal assistant of Lady Gaga recently filed a lawsuit against the entertainer and her touring company claiming she was denied hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The assistan… Read More

A potentially game changing case is making its way towards a conclusion in California and it could have a serious impact on how internship programs across the country are managed. The case was launched back in September of 2011 by two inters with Fox… Read More

Given the relatively positive news recently released about the IRS whistleblower program (payouts are up dramatically), it’s sad to hear that the SEC has not had similar luck. The newly created SEC whistleblower program, enacted under the Dodd-… Read More

Just a few months back we wrote about a long overdue update to the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. Senator Chuck Grassley pushed the new legislation for more than a decade and the new rules helped implement much needed protections for federal w… Read More