Assume you just found out that some of your managers and their direct reports had implemented a scheme to use technology to unlawfully steal your competitor’s business secrets. That is exactly what happened in Major ...
In the epic Hollywood film “The Ten Commandments”, the Pharaoh Ramses II commands his subjects to act by declaring “So let it be written, so let it be done.” Employers would do well to keep ...
Unless you’ve spent the last week off the grid or binge watching 20 seasons of Law & Order, you have heard a great deal about whistleblowers and the status and credibility of a second-hand complaint. ...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently ruled that placing a grievance-filing employee on administrative leave for nine months with pay can be considered a penalty that triggers coverage under the Minnesota Whistleblower Statute. Steven Moore ...
The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision today narrowing the definition of the term “whistleblower” in the context of securities law. The decision in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers will have a ...
The Minnesota Supreme Court just made it easier to be a whistleblower in Minnesota by ruling that making a “good faith” report of an impropriety does not require that the employee actually be motivated by the intent ...
The Minnesota Supreme Court has now ruled that certain claims under the Minnesota Whistleblower Act (MWA) can be brought for up to six years after the fact instead of just two. The MWA protects employees from retaliation for ...
