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Whistleblower retaliation
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Jersey Court Revives Whistleblower Claims Based on Continuing Violations
By By: Leslie A. Lajewski, Steven J. Luckner
Quick Hits A New Jersey appellate court reversed a trial court’s dismissal of five CEPA counts, finding the plaintiff’s retaliatory termination claim was timely because CEPA’s one-year statute of limitations…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Whistleblower Retaliation Claims: Why Waiting 30 Days Can Cost You Your Case
Many employees don’t realize this until it’s too late: whistleblower retaliation claims often come with extremely short deadlines—sometimes as little as 30 days to act. If you believe you were…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Your Whistleblower’s Old Retaliation Claims Aren’t Necessarily Dead. A NJ Court Just Showed How.
A pharmaceutical company’s compliance officer claimed she spent years flagging what she believed were Anti-Kickback Statute violations. What followed, according to her complaint: bogus HR investigations, a forced apology, a…
New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog
NJ Court Clarifies When the CEPA Clock Starts to Run on Termination and Hostile Work Environment Claims
A recent decision from the New Jersey Appellate Division has reinstated the whistleblower retaliation claims of a former Novartis compliance officer who alleged that she was fired after objecting to…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
District of Maine Affirms Denial of Motion to Compel Non-Party Patient Records in Whistleblower Retaliation Case
By Hall Render
On February 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (the “Court”) held that a former physician could not compel production of a nonparty minor patient’s medical…
California Employment Law Update
Another “Nuclear” Verdict Against A California Employer — $52 Million!
By Cooper Halpern, Tony Oncidi, Gregory Knopp
Barely a month into 2026, and a California jury has delivered another massive verdict in an employment case, awarding $52 million to five former employees following a whistleblower retaliation trial…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Appellate Court Opens Doors Wider for Whistleblowers
A recent Connecticut Appellate Court decision should raise the eyebrows for every employer in the food service and hospitality industry. The case, Gentile-Riaz v. Samo Thraki, LLC, officially released last…
California Employment Law Update
Case Was Properly Dismissed Under 5-1/2 Year Rule
By Tony Oncidi
Randolph v. Trustees of the Cal. State Univ., 2025 WL 3763384 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025) Teresa Randolph sued her former employer for employment discrimination, whistleblower retaliation and termination of her…
Wait A Second!
Railroad whistleblower will get his retaliation trial
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Court of Appeals has reinstated a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed by a railroad employee who claims he suffered the consequences after he opposed their efforts to falsify railroad safety…
Food Safety News
Did Kraft Heinz employee termination violate the Food Safety Modernization Act?
By Dan Flynn
In 2019 and 2020, Wilbert Finley was a production manager with food safety responsibilities at Kraft Heinz’s Newberry, SC, plant, producing bacon and other packaged meats. Things became contentious when Finley…