International Advocacy

List of international initiatives, lectures, and publications  

(Chronological order)

International

The Dark Side of Peacekeeping, American Bar Association Section of International Law, 2016 Fall Meeting Tokyo, Japan (2016)

Financial Services and the Trans Pacific Partnership: Whistleblower Challenges, American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law, Hong Kong (2016)

The Rise of the Whistleblower: An Insiders Guide, Annual Anti-Corruption Conference, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and International Bar Association, Paris (2015)

Dirty Laundry: The Role of Whistleblowers in Exposing International Money Laundering, Bribery and Cover-ups, Third International Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference, Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe, Bratislava, Slovakia (2015)

Representing U.S. Whistleblowers Based in China, International Employment Law Conference, Bar Association of San Francisco (2014)

Chinese Corporate Whistleblowers: China Crackdown on Corruption, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei China (2014)

Whistleblowing Becomes a Cross-Border Phenomenon, American Bar Association, International Labor & Employment Law Committee, Rome, Italy (2013)

Legal Tools for Economic Recovery: Dealing with America’s New Robber Barons, Beijing Central University for Finance and Economics, Beijing (2009)

Use of Law in Political Revolution: The Obama Movement Toward Market Socialism, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei China (2009)

Why China Needs Chinese Lawyers at the World Trade Organization, Beijing Central University for Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing (2007)

China’s New Anti-Corruption Laws: A Role for Whistleblowers, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei China (2007)

United States

Corporate Whistleblowing in 2017, Current Trends and Perspectives, Practicing Law Institute, New York (2017)

Reining In Retaliation & Winning Whistleblower Cases, National Employment Lawyers Association, Boston (2016)

Thomson Reuters 4th Annual Corporate Whistleblowing Forum, New York (2015)

The “Perfect Storm” Spawns a New Era of Whistleblower Activity and Uncertain Challenges for Compliance Professionals, The Ethics & Compliance Officer Association, New York (2013)

Shining The Light On Whistleblower & Retaliation Claim, National Employment Lawyers Association, Washington, DC (2013).

Employee Whistleblower Claims Under SOX and Dodd-Frank, Strafford Publications (2012)

Employee Whistleblower Claims Under SOX and Dodd-Frank Final Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules, Law Seminars International (2011)

Employee Rights and the Food Safety Modernization Act, American University School of Law (2011)

Litigating Whistleblower Retaliation Claims under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Government Accountability Project Webinar, Washington, D.C. (2009)

Descendants of the Traditional Tort of Trespass: Are Modern Whistleblower Statutes More Effective than their Common Law Relatives?, Drexel University School of Law, Philadelphia (2008)

Surviving Garcetti v. Ceballos: Representing Workers In Whistleblower and Retaliation Actions, National Employment Lawyers Association, Chicago (2007)

Representing Whistleblowers: Protecting Employees from Retaliation under Garcetti, American Association for Justice, Webinar 2007

The Dimensions of Sarbanes-Oxley Federal Question Jurisdiction, Practicing Law Institute, New York 2006

From Wall Street to Beijing: The Regulatory Environment Enabling Efficiency in Finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2005)