What is the most dangerous single-employee case filed today? In the current environment, that label fits a retaliation or whistleblower case. Retaliation cases, premised on specific statutory protections such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower provisions, or alleging tortious violations of public policy, have continued to flood California courts. Lynne C. Hermle, an employment partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, describes the risks of such claims, and provides ideas for defensive action.
January 06, 2006 at 12:00 AM
1 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
What is the most dangerous single-employee case filed today? Most defense lawyers could answer that quickly and definitively. In today’s environment, that label fits a retaliation or whistle-blower case. The discussion below describes the risks of such claims and ideas for defensive action.
RETALIATION CLAIM BASICS
Presented by BigVoodoo
Join the industry's top owners, investors, developers, brokers & financiers at THE MULTIFAMILY EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Law firms & in-house legal departments with a presence in the middle east celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession.
The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Lower Manhattan firm seeks a premises liability litigator (i.e., depositions, SJ motions, and/or trials) with at least 3-6 years of experien...
At NJM, a top-rated insurance company, we are seeking an Attorney on our Workers Compensation legal team with between 3 and 5 years of expe...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
