Assume the following, you ask your company’s in-house counsel to handle a highly sensitive matter involving bribery of foreign officials. The employee is given access to confidential attorney-client privileged information...more
7/9/2025
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Protected Activity ,
Retaliation ,
Whistleblowers
In a matter of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Cestra v. Mylan Inc. No. 15-0873 (E.D. Pa., May 22, 2015) held that the antiretaliation provision of the False Claims Act...more
6/12/2015
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Cephalon ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Protected Activity ,
Qui Tam ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
In This Issue:
- Whistleblower protections and in-House Counsel
- Sarbanes-oxley
- The Dodd-Frank Act
- The False Claims Act
- Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims
- The Ethical...more
4/1/2013
/ After-Acquired Evidence ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dodd-Frank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctions ,
Protected Activity ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Termination ,
Whistleblowers
The roller coaster continues for how to define protected activity under the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). In a recent decision that signifies a major setback for employers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...more