Whistleblowers, Hiring & Firing

District of Colorado Expansively Construes Protected Activity Under Dodd-Frank, But Finds No Causation

by Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 4/5/2013

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

Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims by In-House Counsel

by Jeanne Barber, Edward Ellis, Linda Jackson, Earl (Chip) M. Jones III, Gregory Keating, Allan King, Patricia Martin, Amy Mendenhall, Roberta Ruiz | Littler on 4/1/2013

In This Issue: - Whistleblower protections and in-House Counsel - Sarbanes-oxley - The Dodd-Frank Act - The False Claims Act - Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims - The Ethical...more

Employee Could Proceed With Whistleblower Claims

by Anthony Oncidi | Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/28/2013

Brian McVeigh, a former Operations Supervisor for Recology, alleged Recology fired him in retaliation for his reporting possible fraud in connection with California Redemption Value payments made by and to Recology for...more

California Employment Law Notes - March 2013

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/19/2013

In this Issue: - California Supreme Court Revises Jury Instructions And Trial Procedures In Discrimination Cases, Harris v. Superior Court, 56 Cal. 4th 203 (2013) - Employee Who Exhausted Four Months Of...more

Employers Beware: Post-termination Whistleblowing

by Brad Hillson, Mandy Perry, Nicola Whiteley | Orrick - Global Employment Law Group on 3/6/2013

In the recent case of Onyango v. Berkeley Solicitors, the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that an employee was allowed to bring a ‘whistleblowing’ claim relating to a protected disclosure that was made after the...more

ObamaCare’s Whistleblower Protections Go Into Effect

by Peter Felsenfeld | Barger & Wolen on 3/1/2013

Though President Obama and Congress established broad requirements in the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), they tasked federal agencies with filling in myriad blanks regarding implementation. The agency rules that are...more

Employee Is Protected By Whistleblower Provisions Of The Labor Code When He Or She Reports Illegal Conduct By A Fellow Employee

by Laura Izon Powell, Bruce A. Scheidt, Kristianne Seargeant, David W. Tyra | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 2/19/2013

A terminated employee brought claims against his former employer for wrongful termination in violation of the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), public policy, and the whistleblower protections provided by the Labor Code. ...more

Weekly Law Resume - February 7, 2013: Protection for Whistleblowers Extended From Employers to Violations by Third Parties,...

by Pamela Helman | Low, Ball & Lynch on 2/15/2013

Brian McVeigh v. Recology San Francisco et al. Court of Appeal, First District (January 31, 2013) Under the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), whistleblowers are given protection when they disclose information to...more

Rising Retaliation Claims Reveal Need For Improved Employer Termination Procedures

by Michael C. Jacobson | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 2/13/2013

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), retaliation claims rose again in fiscal year 2012, the sixth year in a row. Given the costly and time-consuming nature of an EEOC investigation and lawsuit,...more

Proposed New York City Law Would Be First in Nation to Provide a Private Right of Action for Discrimination Against the Unemployed

by Barbara Hoey, Jennie Woltz | Littler on 2/7/2013

The New York City Council recently passed a proposed law (Bill 814-A) that would prohibit employers in the city from discriminating against unemployed individuals. Although Mayor Bloomberg has promised to veto the bill, the...more

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