Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) prohibits publicly-traded companies from retaliating against employees who report various acts of wrongdoing to their employers. Employers have consistently attempted to narrow...more
The recurring and pervasive problem of flawed confidential witness (“CW”) allegations tops my list of the key issues in securities class action litigation.* I don’t mean just notorious situations such as those recently at...more
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
In a decision issued earlier this month (Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-00561-DSF-FMO, __ F.3d __ (9th Cir., August 2, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that "false...more
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