The Supreme Court resolved a circuit split on February 8, 2024, when it issued its opinion in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, holding that a whistleblower need not prove that the employer acted with “retaliatory intent” in...more
2/14/2024
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Murray v UBS Securities LLC ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations ,
UBS ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a new whistleblower law that significantly increases the risk and cost of whistleblower claims for domestic and overseas financial services institutions that must be cognizant of...more
New York has historically been known as a bedrock of employment-at-will. Its legislature and courts were long resistant to permitting exceptions to this doctrine, such as by recognizing public policy “wrongful dismissal”...more
In a late-August decision with potentially far-reaching implications for foreign and multinational employers, the United States Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (ARB) held that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's (SOX)...more
9/15/2017
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Review Board ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Multinationals ,
OSHA ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Keeping its promise announced last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2015, released a cease-and-desist order ("Order") declaring illegal a publicly traded company's use of a confidentiality agreement...more
As we enter the New Year, Littler's international practice has identified a number of key employment and labor law issues for multinational companies (MNCs). The past year has brought to the fore some challenging issues...more
12/23/2014
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Discovery ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Compensation ,
Minimum Wage ,
Multinationals ,
Third-Party Liability ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Year-End Planning