New York City Whistleblower Legal Services

Strong Advocacy for Employees Facing Retaliation in NYC

If you identify or suspect illegal behavior by your employer, including, without limitation, fraud, violations of securities, financial, banking, and health care regulations, or criminal conduct that affects the health or safety of the public, you may report such behavior to your employer or the appropriate authorities. Unfortunately, sometimes when an employee does the right thing, the employer does the wrong thing and unlawfully retaliates against the employee. Goldberg & Fliegel LLP represents employees who have been retaliated against as the result of their whistleblowing. We counsel employees about their rights and about protections under applicable whistleblower laws.  We represent clients in litigation on whistleblower related retaliation claims. 

Were you retaliated against for whistleblowing? Call Goldberg & Fliegel LLP at (646) 941-7845.

Understanding Retaliation Against Whistleblowers

Some ways that an employer could punish an employee for whistleblowing include:

• Terminating or suspending an employee's employment
• Demoting or transferring an employee to an undesirable position;
• Giving an employee a bad performance review raising false criticisms of the employee;
• Creating a hostile work environment for the employee, including through threats or verbal abuse;
• Reducing the employee's work hours, compensation, and benefits;
• Stripping the employee of job duties and responsibilities; and
• Any other adverse employment action against an employee

Legal Protections for Whistleblowers

Many federal and state laws can protect whistleblowers including without limitation:

• The United States Constitution;
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A et seq.
• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank Act”), Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010)
• The New York Legal Activities Law, N.Y. Lab. L. § 201-d
• The New York State Whistleblower Law, N.Y. Lab. L. § 740
• The New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“C.E.P.A.” or “N.J.C.E.P.A.”), N.J.S.A. § 34:19-1 et seq.
• Statutes covered under O.S.H.A.’s Whistleblower Protection Program

Incentives for Whistleblowers in New York

Some statutes also allow whistleblowers to pursue claims against a wrongdoer in the name of the government when the wrongdoer has defrauded the government:

• Federal False Claims Act, as amended ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq.
• New York [State] False Claims Act, N.Y. State Fin. Law, § 187 et seq.
• New York City False Claims Act, as amended, N.Y.C. Admin. Code §§ 7-801-7-810.

These lawsuits are referred to as qui tam actions. Prevailing whistleblowers may be eligible to receive a percentage of monies recovered by the government.

Also, the Bounty Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act award whistleblowers a percentage of monetary sanctions recovered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in connection with violations of securities and commodities laws.

Get Legal Help from Our Whistleblower Attorney in NYC

The team of attorneys at Goldberg & Fliegel provides the legal representation you need to pursue your whistleblower claims and to recover monies under whistleblower incentive programs. We work with you in partnership every step of the way.

You can expect:

• Quality legal representation
• Customer service that places your needs first
• Honest and straightforward legal advice
• Over 60 years of collective experience in the practice of law