In what might be an unsettling trend for employers, juries in Philadelphia and Anchorage have recently issued multi-million dollar jury awards in favor of whistleblowers. Specifically, on March 22, 2013, a Philadelphia Common...more
4/16/2013 - Damages False Claims Act Jury Awards Protected Activity Whistleblower Protection Policies Whistleblowers
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado followed a trend of decisions concluding that a plaintiff need not have provided the SEC with information regarding alleged federal securities law violations to pursue a...more
4/5/2013 - Dodd-Frank Hiring & Firing Protected Activity Retaliation SEC Termination Whistleblowers
In Wiest v. Lynch, No. 11-cv-4257, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 5345 (3d Cir. March 19, 2013), the Third Circuit gave Chevron deference to U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s (ARB) interpretation of “protected...more
3/26/2013 - DOL Protected Activity Sarbanes-Oxley SEC Split of Authority Whistleblowers
In a recent Employment Law360 article (subscription required), Steve Pearlman, co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblowing & Retaliation Group, commented on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Wiest v. Lynch, No....more
3/21/2013 - Protected Activity Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Wiest v Lynch
In a recent Employment Law 360 article (subscription required), Lloyd Chinn, co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblowing & Retaliation Group, commented on upcoming decisions from the Tenth and Third Circuit Court of Appeals that...more
1/23/2013 - DOL Lockheed Martin Protected Activity Protected Concerted Activity Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers
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