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Law.com L&E Briefing: To Mask or Unmask in Offices? | In Dustup Over Default, Pandemic Is Blamed | Who Got the Work | L&E Headlines, and More

Welcome to Law.com's L&E briefing Labor of Law, our dispatch spotlighting big cases, key issues and developing trends.
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Daily Report Online

Showing Teeth of Whistleblower Act, Georgia Jury Awards $350K Verdict to Firefighter

"I think we advanced the law and some of the thinking on how to try a whistleblower case," said Luke Andrews, a partner at Watson Spence in Atlanta. "The parties developed their own jury instructions particular to this whistleblower law and that was interesting."
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New Jersey Law Journal

Split Decision Favors Whistleblower in Case Over County's Outside Counsel Work

The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a split decision on Wednesday as to whether Cape May County retaliated against its former purchasing agent after she became embroiled in the bidding process for the county's outside counsel business involving two law firms. In "Allen v. Cape May County," the 5-2 majority ruled that plaintiff Allen is covered under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act in her involvement with the request for proposal bid involving Capehart & Scatchard, though not with a similar engagement involving Ballard Spahr.
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Law.com

How I Made Partner: 'My Path Was Nontraditional. I Was Co-Chairman of the Firm's Practice Group Before I Made Partner,' Says Christine Dunn of Sanford Heisler Sharp

"Because my path was nontraditional and nonlinear, I sometimes wondered whether I would ever be a partner. Achieving this goal feels like the culmination of a long career path."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Incyte to Pay $12.6M to Settle False Claim and Kickback Allegations

The settlement resolves a whistleblower case filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and against the Wilmington, Delaware-headquartered company, accused of donating to a foundation and using those funds toward the copays of Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries who weren't eligible for coverage of Incyte Corp.'s drug, Jakafi.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

In Court, PCAOB Contests a Former Senior Leader's Discrimination Claim

Sue Lee, former chief risk officer at the Public Company Accounting Oversight board, last month sued the organization over alleged workplace harassment. She contends reasons given for her termination have been "markedly inconsistent."
4 minute read

Law.com

Law.com L&E Briefing: In Whistleblower Case, Corporate Defendant in Default | What Covington's Eric Holder Is Charging | Who Got the Work | L&E Headlines: Office Gossip, and More | Sidley Boosts Employment Team

Welcome to Labor of Law, our labor and employment dispatch spotlighting big cases, key issues and developing trends.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

US Labor Judge Puzzles Over Corporate Defendant's Absence in Whistleblower Case 

"I will be looking for evidence of mistake, inadvertence, surprise, excusable neglect, or other factors which might explain respondent's failure to respond to the orders issued in this case," an administrative law judge, Steven Bell, said in a recent order in a whistleblower case against Honeywell.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The New Anti-Money Laundering Act: Issues for Financial Institutions

The new Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 established the most comprehensive set of reforms to American anti-money laundering law since the passage of the Patriot Act in 2001. The Act's reforms present significant implications for financial institutions and their compliance programs.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Do You Handle an In-House Whistleblower?

"There's a certain trust that comes with someone raising a complaint, in person, that should be honored," said Rob Chesnut, Airbnb Inc.'s general counsel and chief ethics officer.
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