A tax lawyer whose whistleblower suit against Vanguard had the backing of the SEC saw his claims dismissed Tuesday when a Pennsylvania federal judge found a New York court’s state False Claims Act ruling estopped his federal claims.
David Danon sued The Vanguard Group in 2015 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging he was fired in 2013 for refusing to perform assignments he said amounted to illegal tax practices. He sued under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law.
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