Workplace Retaliation & Whistleblower Defense
Whistleblower and retaliation claims carry significant legal, financial and reputational risk, particularly when internal complaints overlap with regulatory inquiries or government investigations. Paul Hastings advises employers on preventing, investigating and defending these sensitive matters.
Abbvie in a series of False Claims Act retaliation claims brought by sales and finance employees alleging off-label promotions and other regulatory violations.
Paramount Global and two senior executives, in a high-stakes employment dispute brought by a former WJZ vice president and general manager alleging disability discrimination, retaliation related to medical leave, whistleblower violations concerning alleged accounting irregularities and failure to pay an annual bonus. Through focused discovery and a tightly constructed factual record, we demonstrated that Paramount acted lawfully and had legitimate business reasons for its decisions, resulting in full summary judgment for defendants on every claim.