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Littler

"Purloined Letters": Management Options When a Departing Employee Puts a Business Entity at Risk by Collecting Confidential...

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The following scenario is more common—and more troubling—than ever before. A high ranking employee who has signed an agreement to preserve the confidentiality of business plans, financial information, and trade secrets...more

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Government Gatekeeper? DOJ Memo Encourages Dismissal of Meritless False Claims Act Cases

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Leaked DOJ memo instructs government attorneys to consider dismissing certain False Claims Act qui tam actions. On January 10, 2018, Michael D. Granston, Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of...more

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Healthcare Employers, Beware: HIPAA Whistleblowers Could Be (Legally) Leaking Protected Health Information

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In this day and age, healthcare employers are quite familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which protects the disclosure of patients’ confidential health information. After all, in the...more

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The Risks and Implications of Failing to Comply with U.S. Government Cyber and IT Requirements

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This article summarizes some of the many risks and implications that are associated with failing to comply with U.S. government-unique cyber and information technology requirements. We are often asked by small and...more

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SEC Continues Crackdown on Whistleblower Restrictions: Calls Qui Tam Waivers "Targeting"

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The SEC announced its second enforcement action in a week against a company using severance or confidentiality agreements requiring employees to waive whistleblower bounties or their right to bring a qui tam action....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New York Trial Court Dismisses FCA Tax Case against Vanguard; Determines Relator Violated Confidentiality Provisions of State...

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On November 13, 2015, the New York State Supreme Court dismissed a qui tam action brought under New York State Finance Law §§ 187-194 (“False Claims Act”) against The Vanguard Group Inc., The Vanguard Group of Mutual Funds,...more

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Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - September 2015

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No Dog Days of August for the SEC—A Recap of a Busy Month - Why it matters: Who says there is a government slowdown in August? Not for the SEC. August 2015 turned out to be very busy indeed for the agency, which...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Influential Appeals Court Rejects Attempt by Former In-House Counsel to Use Privileged Information Against Company in...

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The pool of potential qui tam relators may have just shrunk a little, based on a recent decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that has put the ability of in-house lawyers to become qui tam relators into serious...more

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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Qui Tam Case Based on Attorney’s Use of Confidential Information

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed the decision of the District Court for the Southern District of New York to disqualify Fair Laboratory Practices Associates (FLPA) from its qui tam suit against...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - November 1, 2013

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In this issue: - FINRA Issues New Investor Alert on Closed-End Funds - CFTC Adopts Enhanced Customer Protection Rules - CFTC Adopts Rules Regarding the Protection of Collateral and Treatment of Securities...more

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The False Claims Act is Not a License to Divulge Employer Confidences

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Health care employers concerned that former employees may misappropriate the company’s confidential information to support qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) received guidance from a recent court decision. ...more

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