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Whistleblower Protections Are Here to Stay

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.29.16

President Obama has signed Public Law 114-261, which makes permanent the current whistleblower protection pilot program and standardizes its protections across agencies. In this blog post, Crowell & Moring lawyers David Robbins and Christine Hawes revisit best practices and current developments in defending whistleblower reprisal investigations run by Offices of Inspectors General.

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.11.26

Senate Advances Bipartisan Health Care Cybersecurity Reform

On February 26, 2026, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 22-1 to advance the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026. Sponsored by a bipartisan group — led by HELP Committee Chair Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA); and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Cornyn (R-TX) — the bill represents perhaps the most significant federal legislative effort to overhaul health care cybersecurity since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, and would compel health care companies to make major investments in cybersecurity....