Greg Keating’s top-notch skills in and out of the courtroom have won him the respect of employers. He is both a trusted advisor on a panoply of employment issues and a much sought-after whistleblower defense attorney. Greg also defends employers in a wide range of other employment disputes. He draws on more than 25 years of experience as a litigator and employment lawyer to help clients successively resolve their workplace issues.
Trusted Advisor
Employers seek Greg’s daily advice on every type of employment issue. He also regularly advises a substantial number of private independent schools. A thought leader on whistleblower issues, Greg counsels clients on establishing a strong compliance program to help them avoid problems. He previously testified in the U.S. Senate on creating effective compliance programs and helped write a thought leadership piece on compliance programs while serving for four years on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee.
Whistleblower Defense Attorney
Greg has earned a national reputation as a whistleblower defense attorney. He helps clients successfully prepare for, investigate, and defend claims raised by whistleblowers. Greg has litigated and investigated whistleblower matters across the country and around the world. He has handled whistleblower engagements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the False Claims Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Greg is the principal author of the national treatise Whistleblowing and Retaliation, now in its sixth edition. In 2008, he established the first whistleblower defense practice group in the United States.
Employment Litigator/Investigator
Greg has extensive experience defending against class and collective actions arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, and the ADA, among others, including defeating class certification and prevailing on the merits. He also manages cases involving restrictive covenants, trade secret violations, and employee raiding. Additionally, he investigates allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation, and other wrongdoing.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Gregory (Greg) Keating
- Fourth Circuit Holds Federal Tax-Exempt Status Does Not Subject Private Independent School to Title IX Responsibility - (Posted On Wednesday, April 03, 2024)
- From Whistleblower to Defendant: Understanding the Implications of U.S. ex rel. Cooley v. ERMI, LLC - (Posted On Tuesday, March 19, 2024)
- Eleventh Circuit Ruling on Causation Standard a Win for Employers - (Posted On Monday, March 18, 2024)
- Main Justice Launches a 90-Day “Policy Sprint” to Launch a Whistleblower Rewards Program - (Posted On Monday, March 11, 2024)
- Wage War: Massachusetts Trial Court Rejects Globe Ex-President’s Profit-Sharing Claim Disguised as Wage Act Violation - (Posted On Tuesday, February 06, 2024)
- Projections and Perspectives: Navigating Labor and Employment in 2024 [VIDEO, PODCAST] - (Posted On Wednesday, January 03, 2024)
- First Circuit Rules in Favor of Private School in Teacher’s ADA Suit - (Posted On Tuesday, November 21, 2023)
- Employment Law this Week Episode 318 - SEC Cracks Down on Private Companies for Violating Whistleblower Protections [Podcast, Video] - (Posted On Wednesday, October 11, 2023)
- Employers Beware: SEC Targets Employment Agreements Under Whistleblower Protection Rules - (Posted On Wednesday, September 20, 2023)
- SEC Levies a Six Figure Fine Against a Private Company for Language in Its Separation Agreements, Continuing the Aggressive Enforcement of Its Whistleblower Program - (Posted On Thursday, September 14, 2023)