The District of Columbia Court of Appeals suspended a former General Electric Co. lawyer for 60 days for disclosing confidential information about her employer after she was fired.

The court suspended Adriana Koeck following a report and recommendation from the D.C. Bar's disciplinary panel, the Board on Professional Responsibility, last August. Koeck disclosed confidential GE documents to media outlets and federal regulators that she believed showed evidence of fraud, according to the board. The court's order said Koeck did not provide any defense of her disclosure.

“Moreover, the board's recommended sanction—a 60-day suspension with a fitness requirement—is reasonable in light of the facts supporting this single violation of Rule 1.6 (a),” the court's order said.