Know the Laws Before Filing Your Complaint
- Cases with General Application for Whistleblower Protection
- NLRB v. Scrivener, 405 U.S. 117 (1972) (premier case on broad scope of protected activity)
- Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners v. U.S. Dept. of Labor, 992 F.2d 474 (3rd. Cir. 1993) (premier case on “good faith”)
- Fraizer v. MSPB, 672 F.2d 150 (D.C. Cir. 1982) (premier case on employer “knowledge”)
- Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53 (2006) (premier case defining adverse action)
- Sylvester v. Parexel International, 2007-SOX-39/42 (DOL ARB 2011) (major decision establishing broad definition of protected disclosure and “good faith” requirements; liberal rules for filing initial complaints). However, some federal courts have not applied these standards. Riddle v. First Tenn. Bank, No. 11-cvv-6277, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18684 (6th Cir. Aug. 31, 2012) (unpublished)
- IN THE MATTER OF HOMESTREET, INC. & DARRELL VAN AMEN, Rel. No. 79844 (Jan. 19, 2017) (sanctioning company for “taking steps to determine the identity of the presumed ‘whistleblower’”)
- Halliburton v. ARB, 771 F.3d 254 (5th Cir. 2014) (applying Burlington to corporate whistleblower cases)