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.
March 13, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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The right of New York lawyers to sue their law firm or company employer for wrongful dismissal as a whistleblower has been quite limited—until now.
Last week, in Lawson v. FMR LLC,1 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of granting broad whistleblower rights, under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to lawyers, accountants, investment advisers—and indeed, any other individual who is employed by a third party to provide services to a publicly traded company.
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