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A Divided Ninth Circuit Extends Dodd-Frank's Anti-Retaliation Protection for Whistleblowers

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Without a bright line requirement of an SEC contact to trigger whistleblower status, employers may not learn until after termination that an employee claims to be a whistleblower. Employees often raise internal questions,...more

K&L Gates LLP

Second Circuit Filing Re-Ignites Debate over the Scope of the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Provisions

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On November 10, 2015, the employer in a high-profile whistleblower-retaliation case advised the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that it “will not be pursuing a petition for writ of certiorari with the...more

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Second Circuit Allows Whistleblower Retaliation Protection Without Reporting to SEC

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September 10, 2015, in a 2-1 decision in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that whistleblowers who report securities law violations internally but not to the US Securities and...more

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Second Circuit Defers To SEC Interpretation Of “Whistleblower” For Purposes Of Retaliation Suit Under Dodd-Frank

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In Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit reversed and remanded a decision of the SDNY, which had dismissed a claim for retaliation by a former employee on the basis that Dodd-Frank’s...more

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SEC Argues in Second Circuit Amicus Brief That Dodd-Frank Protects Inside Whistleblowers

On February 6, the Securities Exchange Commission filed an amicus brief advising the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the whistleblower protections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more

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