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Pre-Employment Agreements Whistleblower Protection Policies

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Whistleblower Protection Laws Do Not Apply Outside the United States

Daramola v. Oracle Am., Inc., 92 F.4th 833 (9th Cir. 2024) - Tayo Daramola is a Canadian citizen who resided in Montreal at all relevant times and who worked for Oracle Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle...more

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Want to Protect Your Trade Secrets? Update Your Employment Agreements!

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Since 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) has provided employers with a federal cause of action against employees, former employees and other bad actors who misappropriate trade secrets.  In addition to injunctive...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Employers Beware: SEC Continues Offensive on Employment Agreements That Inhibit Whistleblowers

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Risk Alert (literally)! Standard provisions in employment agreements, severance agreements and policies may run afoul of the SEC’s whistleblower regulations. In the wake of several highly publicized enforcement actions by the...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

NY Law Journal Report: Trump And The Future Of The SEC Whistleblower Program

As reported by Ryan Barber of the National Law Journal, the Trump administration could change the trajectory of the SEC whistleblower office, potentially halting the SEC’s recent strict scrutiny of potential impediments for...more

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OCIE Staff to Examine Registered Advisers' Policies and Agreements for Whistleblower Rule Compliance

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On October 24, 2016, OCIE published a risk alert noting that the SEC exam staff intends to examine registrants' compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower provisions. The alert noted recent enforcement actions...more

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SEC Takes Aim at Anti-Whistleblower Employment Agreements

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On August 15, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its second fine in six days to a health insurer for allegedly creating severance agreements that illegally restrict former employees from collecting...more

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