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Ninth Circuit holds that federal securities laws preempt California Labor Code's ban on forced patronage at brokerage firms

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

In McDaniel v. Wells Fargo Investments, LLC, Nos. 11-17017, 11-55859, 11-55943, 11-55958, 2013 WL 1405949 (9th Cir. Apr. 9, 2013), the United States

Sarbanes-Oxley protects employee who implicates supervisor

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

On May 1st, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York addressed an issue of first impression under the whistleblower provisions

Supreme Court considering whether to accept Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case

  • Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

Only a handful of employment cases make it all the way to the Supreme Court's August chambers at One First Street. That's largely because the Court

Guilty though proven innocent: the rise of no-fault executive claw-backs

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2012

In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) in an effort to increase the accuracy of financial reporting and to restore investor confidence in the truthfulness and dependability of public disclosures made by issuers

New protection for whistleblowing once removed

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 2 2011

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, publicly traded companies are prohibited from retaliating or discriminating against employees who report or assist in the investigation of conduct which violates specified federal laws or SEC regulations

General counsel update - 27 September 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Indonesia, Myanmar, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 27 2012

This is the 31st in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Second Circuit confirms burden of proof in SOX whistleblower retaliation cases

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

On March 5, 2013, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the burden-shifting framework applicable to whistleblower retaliation claims

How to lose $4 million when firing an executive what happens when it all goes wrong?

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2011

I usually work as a defense attorney

Court rejects retroactivity of DoddFrank's whistleblower remedies

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

Since the 2010 enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a recurring question in judicial opinions interpreting the

Federal Appeals Court denies en banc review of decision liberalizing SOX whistleblowing standards

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Tyco Electronics Corp.'s petition for an en banc review of the three-judge Third Circuit panel decision