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Supreme Court considering whether to accept Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case

  • Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
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  • 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

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

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

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
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  • 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

Court rejects retroactivity of DoddFrank's whistleblower remedies

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
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  • 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 securities law preempts California's forced patronage statute

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On April 9th, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of four putative class action lawsuits filed against various broker-dealers. California state

Employer seeks en banc review of federal appeals court decision liberalizing SOX whistleblowing standards

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 10 2013

Tyco Electronics Corp. has filed for en banc review of a federal Court of Appeals' decision in Wiest v. Lynch, No. 11-4257 (3d Cir. Mar. 19, 2013

SOX whistleblower protection expanded by a federal appeals court

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2013

A federal appeals court recently made it substantially easier for plaintiffs to assert claims that they were fired for "whistleblowing" activity

Third Circuit clarifies standard for whistleblower protection under Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  • Blank Rome LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that that an employee is entitled to whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley

Third Circuit sets reasonable belief standard for corporate whistleblowers bringing claims under Sarbanes-Oxley

  • Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

On March 20, 2013, the Third Circuit, in a split decision, established a more plaintiff-friendly pleading standard for whistleblower actions under