BNA Books Announces the Publication of the 2011 Cumulative Supplement to "Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Second Edition"

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ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2011 Cumulative Supplement to Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Second Edition, providing updated discussion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, and related cases and federal and state laws.

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Following passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which introduced criminal as well as civil liability for retaliating against certain types of whistleblowers in the private sector, retaliation claims have been filed with increasing frequency. Attorneys filing or defending these claims will want to stay on top of expanded whistleblower protections and related procedural developments in both the private and public sectors. Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Second Edition tracks litigation and new legislation in detail to give practitioners up-to-date information on the latest issues, procedural problems, tactics, and strategies.

The 2011 Cumulative Supplement provides analysis of developments related to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, which created whistleblower protections for employees in the health care sector, and The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which provides expansive protection to whistleblowers in the financial services industries; creates new protections for employees who report concerns to the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; and creates new financial incentives for employees to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

The 2011 Cumulative Supplement also provides several updates addressing the controversial new rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with respect to financial rewards to anonymous whistleblowers. Additionally, it discusses:

• Common law developments in various states regarding wrongful termination in violation of public policy
• New decisions expanding the types of disclosures protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower provisions
• The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Thompson v. North American Stainless, which extended protection from retaliation to the fiance of a woman who raised a discrimination complaint

Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, Second Edition, 2011 Cumulative Supplement is authored by Daniel P. Westman, a partner in the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP, McLean, VA, and Nancy M. Modesitt, an Assistant Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD, who teaches Employment Law and Torts and Legal Writing.

BNA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P., is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. In addition to Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge, BNA's Book Division publishes: Employment at Will: A State-by-State Survey, Reductions in Force in Employment Law, The Fair Labor Standards Act, and other titles in employment and labor law. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1.800.960.1220, send an e-mail request to [email protected], or visit us online at www.bna.com/bnabooks.

Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge may be purchased alone (Order #1954-PR11/$185.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) or with the main volume (456 pp. Hardcover/Order #9954-PR11/$280.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1.800.960.1220. Fax orders: 1.732.346.1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at www.bna.com/bnabooks. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

Editors: Review copy available upon request.

Please e-mail Matt Greene at [email protected], or call 703.341.5767.

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