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Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP partner David J. Marshall responded yesterday to criticisms from corporate lawyers of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s interim final rules for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”).  As Law360 reported, the proposed rules expand employee protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  The months-long comment period for the proposed rules, prompted by changes [...]

In a written comment to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), attorney David J. Marshall, from the whistleblower law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks in Washington, DC, strongly urged OSHA to implement its proposed rule strengthening employee protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”).   Marshall’s comments were directed to Dr. David Michaels, [...]

Katz, Marshall & Banks partner was quoted in the Washington Post in an article on the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal.  The article reported that five former board members of Second Mile, the charity founded by Jerry Sandusky, claimed that they were kept in the dark about allegations of sexual abuse against Sandusky.  Marshall [...]

Katz, Marshall & Banks partner Debra S. Katz was quoted by Roll Call and the Huffington Post today regarding the potential difficulties faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (“LGBT”) Congressional staffers.  Roll Call reports that “gay and lesbian employees on Capitol Hill say they still worry about a lack of legal protection against discrimination.” [...]

Attorney Andrew Shubin, who is a part of a legal team representing one of the Sandusky victims stated, “Once again, Jerry Sandusky has chosen to provide the national media with an entirely unconvincing denial and a series of bizarre explanations. If he had any compassion for his victims or our community, he would immediately accept [...]

Katz, Marshall & Banks partner was interviewed by the Washington Post yesterday about Jerry Sandusky and the Penn State child molestation scandal.  Marshall told the Post that “what the grand jury report and the people we’ve been talking to show is a luring of young boys into being enamored of Sandusky’s stardom in the community, [...]

Katz, Marshall & Banks partner David J. Marshall served as moderator of a panel discussion with Securities and Exchange Commission leaders on the SEC’s new whistleblower program. On November 16, 2011, Katz, Marshall & Banks partner David J. Marshall moderated a panel discussion at the first annual “SEC Whistleblower Boot Camp,” a day-long program for [...]

Katz, Marshall & Banks Partner Debra Katz appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday to discuss Carolyn Lerner, the new head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”).  Lerner has been a breath of fresh air for whistleblowers since she arrived at the OSC.  Just two weeks after arriving at the OSC, Lerner publicly [...]