Tell the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That’s the message the United States Supreme Court sent to whistleblowers with its decision yesterday in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers....more
2/23/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
When Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, it bolstered protections for whistleblowers who report certain kinds of misconduct, such as violations of securities law. At the time, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act already provided...more
12/1/2017
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
In our last post, we detailed how Sanford Wadler, the former general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories, won a $14.5 million verdict against Bio-Rad.
Before Wadler could get to a jury, however, he had to surmount a...more
3/10/2017
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bio-Rad Laboratories ,
Confidential Information ,
Crime-Fraud Exception ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Legal Ethics ,
Motion to Exclude ,
Privilege Waivers ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
State Law Claims ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wrongful Termination
When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, it included protections for employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing by their employers. However, those whistleblower protections don’t apply to every report of...more
9/30/2016
/ Amended Complaints ,
Auditors ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Lack of Specificity ,
Motion to Amend ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination