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SOX whistleblower protection expanded by a federal appeals court

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • 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 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

The Inbox - March 1, 2013

  • Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2013

Capping off a big week in Suits by Suits, where even the Pope has to give two weeks' notice before resigning: We lead off with suits by

The Dodd-Frank whistleblower program: an analysis of the SEC’s Second Annual Report, best practices for dealing with whistleblowers

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2012

On November 15, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "the Commission") issued its Second Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program ("the Report"), covering the period between October 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012

The Dodd-Frank Act and whistleblowers: broader protection than you might think

  • Hodgson Russ LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 4 2012

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 included a whistleblower program allowing individuals who report original information to the SEC leading to a recovery exceeding $1 million to obtain between 10 percent and 30 percent of the recovery

The fight isn’t over: employers should keep battling the definition of “whistleblower” under Dodd-Frank

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 19 2012

The “Securities Whistleblower Incentives and Protection” section of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“DFA”) is an integrated scheme designed to encourage individuals to complain to the SEC of securities law violations by offering bounties and protection against retaliation

FCPA focus

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 26 2012

The Foreign Corrupt Practice Act continues to be a high enforcement priority of the SEC

Federal courts bars extraterritorial application of Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation provision to whistleblowers employed abroad

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2012

In Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), LLC, a federal district court in Texas held that Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation protections for SEC whistleblowers do not apply to employees stationed abroad

Federal court decisions permit two Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases to proceed

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2012

Two federal district courts recently issued decisions adopting a broad interpretation of the anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) and allowed Dodd-Frank whistleblower claims to proceed past motions to dismiss

New ruling broadens “whistleblower” definition for Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation claims

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 3 2012

A U.S. district court judge from the District of Connecticut ruled last week that individuals who make disclosures that are required or protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA) may also qualify as whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation provisions, regardless of how those disclosures were made

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