Corporate Misconduct, Whistleblowers, Employment Policies

Can an Employee Claim Retaliation for Whistleblowing When They Were Simply Doing Their Job?

Littler on 7/9/2025

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

Does Your Company Discourage Employees from Being Whistleblowers? The SEC May Think So!

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/16/2025

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was enacted in 2010 in response to the 2008 financial crisis, added protections for whistleblower activity to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange...more

Implications for New York Employers: Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protections Examined by Second Circuit

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 5/3/2024

On March 1, 2024, the Second Circuit affirmed the judgment of the Southern District of New York in Brian La Belle v. Barclays Capital Inc, No. 23-448 (2d Cir. 2024)....more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 4/2/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Protected Activity or Terminable Misconduct? — Government Contractor Update

Polsinelli on 10/25/2019

It has become almost routine for employees pursuing whistleblower and other employment-related claims against their employer to engage in "self-help discovery," using their access to files and databases to collect and gather,...more

UNDER THE BUS: Feds’ New Focus On Individual Wrongdoers Has Implications For Employers

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/25/2015

The U.S. Department of Justice has recently issued a memorandum entitled “Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing.” According to the Memorandum, companies involved in federal criminal and civil investigations will...more