The latest on Siemens Whistleblower challenge, DoJ investigation of the National Geographic Society and more.
This week, Siemens
won a rare courtroom victory when a federal judge ruled that a former employee could not sue the company for wrongful termination under Dodd-Frank’s whistleblower provisions. The case was dismissed when the judge concluded that Dodd-Frank’s strictures do not extend to foreign employees. But it was another argument Siemens presented that may prove more instructive as companies continue grapple with the unprecedented whistleblower protections – and incentives – that came along with financial reform…. [
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On October 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s judgment and
held that subjecting a foreign bank to personal jurisdiction in New York was within the reach of New York’s long-arm statute and comported with due process protections provided under the U.S. Constitution. Licci v. Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL, No. 10-1306, 2013 WL 5700963 (2d Cir. Oct. 18, 2013)… [
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Exclusive: US prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of the National Geographic Society
This is not your typical story about international bribery. For one thing, it involves mummies. It also involves one of America’s most beloved institutions: National Geographic. Vocativ has learned that the Justice Department has opened a criminal bribery investigation into the prestigious nonprofit. At issue: Nat Geo’s tangled relationship with Dr. Zahi Hawass, a world-famous Indiana Jones–type figure who for years served as the official gatekeeper to Egypt’s glittering antiquities… [ Read More ]
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