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Employee Misconduct Whistleblowers Employment Litigation

Ankura

Conducting Crisis-led Investigations for Workplace Matters

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An anonymous whistle-blower reports sexual misconduct by the CEO and threatens to go to the media… In the post-MeToo era, organisations face significant challenges when sensitive workplace allegations and details of the...more

BCLP

UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: May 2024

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Our May update includes a case on whistleblowing where the claimant’s belief in the disclosures was questioned along with whether decision makers who knew little or nothing about the disclosures could be blamed for those who...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Massachusetts Federal Judge Rules that Protected Activity Does Not Shield an Employee from the Consequences of Engaging in...

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On November 13, 2023, in USA ex rel, Morgan-Lee, et al. v. The Whittier Health Network, LLC, et al., a Massachusetts federal district judge concluded that although the plaintiff engaged in protected activity when she raised...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Third Circuit Upholds Firing of Whistleblower Accused of Harassment by Oinking

On August 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an order reaffirming that potential False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblowers are not immune from being fired for workplace misconduct, especially where that...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Whistleblowers Don’t Have Super Powers: Whistleblower Protections Don’t Equal Workplace Immunity

Whistleblowers who report perceived illegal activity by an individual, agency, or organization have long been heralded as heroes, serving both the public and private sectors by producing evidence of wrongdoing despite great...more

Genova Burns LLC

Know When to Fold 'Em: Appellate Division Upholds Bally’s Termination of Employee Despite Whistleblowing Activity

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On December 3, 2019, the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of a whistleblowing claim filed by an ex-casino employee. In Cook v. Bally's Park Place Inc., the Appellate Division affirmed the trial court’s...more

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