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Last month’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the closely watched case of Business Roundtable v. SEC not only overturned the landmark Securities and Exchange Commission shareholder proxy access rule, but also created a potential roadmap for businesses and industry groups seeking to challenge many other rules to be issued by the SEC and other federal regulators under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Virtually every new federal law which impacts the employment relationship prohibits retaliation, designed to protect those who report, complain about or otherwise express concerns regarding activities which they believe to be illegal, as well as those who cooperate in investigations and other enforcement procedures
