Tyco Electronics Corporation filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc with the Third Circuit on April 2, 2013 asking the court to reconsider its March 19 decision in Wiest v. Lynch, No. 11-cv-4257, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 5345 (3d...more
4/4/2013
- Sarbanes-Oxley Tyco Whistleblowers Wiest v Lynch
On March 13, 2013, the New York City Council overrode Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of a new Local Law that amends the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) to prohibit discrimination against job applicants based on their...more
3/18/2013
- Local Ordinance NYCHRL Retaliation Whistleblowers
On March 5, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit “clarified” the burden-shifting framework for whistleblower claims brought under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A....more
3/7/2013
- Burden-Shifting DOL OSHA Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers
According to a recently released report, the EEOC received more retaliation charges in 2102 than in any prior year. And, in 2012, it received more retaliation charges than in any other individual category....more
1/29/2013
- EEOC Retaliation Whistleblowers
OSHA recently released statistics (aggregated by BNA) showing dramatic increases in both the number of whistleblower cases filed with OSHA last year as well as the number of OSHA determinations....more
1/28/2013
- Dodd-Frank OSHA Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers
In a recent interview with The American Lawyer, Sean McKessey, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower since February 2011, cautioned employers about dissuading potential whistleblowers from complaining to the SEC....more
12/12/2012
- Dodd-Frank SEC Whistleblowers
On November 14, 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly issued a guide to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) titled: A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt...more
11/29/2012
- Compliance DOJ FCPA FCPA Resource Guide SEC Whistleblowers
In its Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (Report), the SEC has revealed that it has received 3,001 tips during its 2012 fiscal year (the first year of this program), and it paid out its first award to a...more
11/21/2012
- Dodd-Frank Fraud Sanctions SEC Transparency Whistleblowers
On August 31, 2012, the Administrative Review Board (ARB) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) liberally interpreted the standard governing when the SOX statute of limitations clock starts ticking, ruling that a letter...more
11/19/2012
- DOL Statute of Limitations Whistleblowers
