News about Keller Grover, and current events in whistleblower & employment law

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Whistleblower Protection Act to provide explicit whistleblower protections for those in the AI industry.  Grassley, a long-time whistleblower proponent, recognized the need for legislation to increase accountability and protect whistleblowers in this evolving industry.  “Transparency brings accountability,” said Grassley, and “[w]histleblowers are one of the best ways to ensure Congress keeps … [Read more...]

A Department of Justice task force to fight collusion in government contracting remains a priority across changing administrations — an encouraging nod to whistleblowers. As of the end of March 2025, the five-year-old Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) has opened more than 175 investigations, achieved more than 75 guilty pleas and trial convictions, and topped $65 million in fines and restitution. The PCSF represents one more way of chipping away at the estimated $233 billion to … [Read more...]

On April 4, 2025, Keller Grover LLP joined more than 500 law firms across the country in signing a “Friend of the Court” brief in support of Perkins Coie LLP, which filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s Executive Order restricting the firm’s lawyers from, among other things, entering federal buildings, including courthouses. We are proud to come together with our professional colleagues from firms large and small, who work with us in some cases and are adversaries in others, in taking … [Read more...]

U.S. senators have rekindled a bipartisan effort to fortify the Securities and Exchange Commission’s relatively young whistleblower program. In particular, the SEC Whistleblower Reform Act of 2025 — reintroduced by longtime whistleblower advocate Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, alongside Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and co-sponsored by another Republican and two Democrats — would outline protection from retaliation and timely processing of whistleblower claims. The original SEC … [Read more...]

Whistleblowers and their advocates are asking an appeals court to protect an age-old whistleblower law by reversing a lower court that held it to be unconstitutional. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the coming months will take up the matter, which could significantly influence whistleblowers’ ability to help the federal government root out fraud. The background The False Claims Act, which dates back to Civil War times, says government contractors that knowingly defraud the … [Read more...]