The U.S. Supreme Court held that when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution entitles the defendant to a...more
7/31/2024
/ Administrative Authority ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Article III ,
Government Agencies ,
Jury Trial ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Public Rights Doctrine ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Seventh Amendment
In a $35 million settlement that emphasizes the “S” for social in Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues in public filings, publicly traded video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. has agreed with...more
3/28/2023
/ Activision ,
Board of Directors ,
DFEH ,
Disclosure ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Professional Misconduct ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Sexual Harassment
In Wadler v. Bio-Rad Labs., Inc., the Ninth Circuit narrowed the circumstances under which a plaintiff can prove a Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) claim.
Sanford Wadler, the former general counsel of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.,...more
The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended June 2018 included decisions on many topics important to workplace law, including class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements, public-sector “agency shop” arrangements, and...more
6/29/2018
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
CNH Industrial N.V. v Reese ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Janus v AFSCME ,
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd v Colorado Civil Rights Commission ,
Murphy v National Collegiate Athletic Association ,
Navarro v Encino Motorcars ,
NLRA ,
Over-Time ,
PASPA ,
Reversal ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sports Betting ,
Travel Ban ,
Trump v Hawaii ,
Union Dues
A former employee who failed to show he reported alleged securities law violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (DFA), cannot...more
The anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 protects only employees who complain directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Supreme Court has...more
2/23/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Internal Reporting ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers