Whistleblower Law: What Rights Do Ratting Lawyers Have?
March 14, 2014
C. Evan Stewart, a senior partner at Cohen & Gresser, writes: Because of the whistleblower provisions of federal statutes such as Dodd-Frank, recent case law, and various articles written on this subject, there has been a fair amount of disinformation as to whether lawyers are free to rat on their clients and then also profit thereby.
Supreme Court Grants Lawyers Whistleblower Protection
March 13, 2014
In his Employment Issues column, Philip M. Berkowitz of Littler Mendelson writes: Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of granting broad whistleblower rights under Sarbanes-Oxley to any individual who is employed by a third party to provide services to a publicly traded company. But the court’s full-throated endorsement of attorneys bringing these claims makes no mention of confidentiality or privilege, and seems at odds with the discomfort reflected by the New York courts, as well as NYCLA’s Professional Ethics Committee.
