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USA - March 14 2013
On February 27, 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published its interim final rule setting forth the procedures for handling…
USA - December 5 2012
On November 27, 2012, the Fourth Circuit reversed a $555,000.00 jury verdict in favor Jennifer Scott (“Ms. Scott”), a former employee of Merck & Co., Inc. (“Merck”), who sued for breach of contract based on a whistleblower non-retaliation policy contained in the company’s Code of Conduct, and in a similar policy promulgated by the Company’s Office of Ethics.
USA - November 15 2012
On October 31, 2012, the Administrative Review Board (the “ARB”) upheld dismissal of a Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) whistleblower complaint brought by Boris Galinsky (“Mr. Galinsky”) against Bank of America (“BOA”).
USA - October 4 2012
On September 25, 2012, Judge Underhill of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut rejected a narrow interpretation of the whistleblower protection provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (hereafter “Dodd-Frank”), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-6(h), holding that the Dodd-Frank provision extends protection to individuals who make disclosures required or protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as to those who provide information to the SEC.
USA - October 1 2012
On September 25, 2012, the White House issued an Executive Order (the “Order”) aimed at addressing trafficking in persons by government contractors. According to the Order, “[a]s the largest single purchaser of goods and services in the world, the United States government bears a responsibility to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not contribute to trafficking in persons.”
