On November 1, 2023, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded damages to Skye Orthobiologics, LLC (“Skye”) and Human Regenerative Technologies, LLC (“HRT”) for breach of contract,...more
3/6/2024
/ Biomedical Companies ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Confidential Information ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Contract Terms ,
Damages ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Independent Contractors ,
Jury Awards ,
Misappropriation ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Trade Secrets
In Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., Case No. F069305 (Cal. App. 5 Dist.), a California Court of Appeal determined that Plaintiff Cardenas could pursue a California Labor Code Section 1102.5 retaliation claim against her...more
10/30/2015
/ Damages ,
Disclosure ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Code ,
Law Enforcement ,
Popular ,
Protected Activity ,
Public Policy ,
Retaliation ,
Termination ,
Theft ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
On May 21, 2015, OSHA—which has responsibility for investigating and enforcement under 22 whistleblower retaliation statutes—released an updated edition of its Whistleblower Investigations Manual (the Manual), the first such...more
In what might be an unsettling trend for employers, juries in Philadelphia and Anchorage have recently issued multi-million dollar jury awards in favor of whistleblowers. Specifically, on March 22, 2013, a Philadelphia Common...more
On February 28, 2013, OSHA ordered Union Pacific Railroad (UP) to reinstate the employment of and pay over $309,000 ($150,000 in punitive damages, $87,600 in compensatory damages, $71,700 in back pay with interest, plus...more
The Eleventh Circuit joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in holding that liquidated damages awards for FLSA retaliation claims are discretionary, not mandatory. Moore v. Appliance Direct, Inc., No. 11-cv-15227 (11th Cir....more