Sentences with phrase «with whistleblowing»

GlaxoSmithKline: $ 94 million; July 2012 The probe of what the American Lawyer calls the biggest health care fraud settlement in history began in 2003 with whistleblowing complaints filed by Cheryl Eckard, who alleged manufacturing faults at one of Glaxo's plants.

We help organisations manage workplace investigations and deal with whistleblowing complaints.

This also militated against the Reverend being a worker with whistleblowing protection (s43 (K) ERA).

I could see some outsider being prosecuted for illegal trespassing or theft, but if a trusted insider couldn't stomach continued cooperation, what would be criminally wrong with whistleblowing or leaking?

Not exact matches

Edward Snowden, the whistleblowing spy, had been using Lavabit to e-mail reporters, and the FBI wanted real - time access to Snowden's metadata — with whom he was communicating, when, and from where.

And it's almost uncanny timing that just as that social media - related whistleblowing scandal was made public and the world was meeting Snowden for the first time, Chris Wylie was beginning his employment with SCL Group and the next outrage was being quietly set in motion.

Online whistleblowing site WikiLeaks was just recently informed by Coinbase that its account held with the company would be closed.

«The plan and the trap goes like this: On the 6th of May 2017 — Saturday night stroke Sunday morning — the EFCC, alongside local and international media, both print and TV and radio, will raid an apartment under the guise of whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government with a search warrant already obtained in the magistrate's court to search an apartment alleging to be one of your guest houses in Enugu State capital or any suitable available apartment in your senatorial district that will serve this evil purpose.

We chat with White Paper Games Co-Founder Pete Bottomley about all things The Occupation, including its dynamic AI, the possibility of a console release, and why the UK developer decided to make a game about whistleblowing, and much more.

Writer Josh Singer will use «Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World's Most Dangerous Website» as well as «WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War On Secrecy» to formulate his script about the whistleblowing website's experience prodding the government with embarrassing exposures leading to the site and Assange's prosecutWith Julian Assange At The World's Most Dangerous Website» as well as «WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War On Secrecy» to formulate his script about the whistleblowing website's experience prodding the government with embarrassing exposures leading to the site and Assange's prosecutwith embarrassing exposures leading to the site and Assange's prosecution.

(5) But the recent positive publicity for whistleblowers suggests that whistleblowing is now viewed with less suspicion — and whistleblowers as less politically motivated and more altruistic — than was true in the past.

Try to imagine CRU insiders «whistleblowing» the content of a mail server (requiring the hacking of that server anyway, unless you're a sysadmin — and those all spent quality time chatting with the good officers of the Norfolk Constabulary), and then proceeding to professionally hack into the RealClimate server... methinks this sums it up.

Advising an international business on the implementation of data protection policies and procedures for their employees worldwide, including establishing a whistleblowing hotline, investigation protocol and dealing with issues raised through the hotline from around the world.

Conducting the defence of a multi-million pound whistleblowing claim brought by a senior employee of a UK retail bank which involved investigation of all allegations, liaising with the regulator, liaising with the police in relation to criminal prosecutions, and defending the employment litigation brought by the relevant employee.

Foley Hoag, with offices in Boston, New York, Paris and Washington D.C., has the legal experience to address all forms of retaliation and whistleblowing in a professional manner to ensure a successful outcome for you and your organization.

She regularly works with Partners to advise on a range of issues in employment and partnership disputes and exits, including enforceability of restrictive covenants in traditional partnerships and LLPs, discrimination, whistleblowing and jurisdictional issues.

Our dedicated employment team regularly deal with high - value cases in this area of the law and can provide practical and effective advice to employers on the likely challenges to look out for in defending a whistleblowing claim.

Assisting with the defence of any Employment Tribunal claims in which whistleblowing allegations have been raised.

With injury to feelings available for other detriment claims under the ERA, including whistleblowing and trade union membership, the EAT saw no reason why such awards could not also be made for working time detriment claims.

The EAT upholds a finding that (with the employer) two non-executive directors were jointly and severally liable for the detriment suffered by a CEO who was dismissed for whistleblowing.

Dere Street Barristers is «strong on employment law» with counsel representing local authorities, NHS Trusts and companies across a broad spectrum of matters including discrimination, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, TUPE and harassment.

David has acted for a wide range of clients, with appearances in the High Court, Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and House of Lords, on matters which include wrongful dismissal, bonus and share claims, restrictive covenants and confidential information, whistleblowing, TUPE, all forms of discrimination and the Working Time Regulations.

Our Labor & Employment Department regularly assists businesses in connection with the preparation and implementation of Internet & IT charters, code of conducts and whistleblowing programs.

The CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association) with the assistance of the nationally based law firm Grant Thornton LLP has developed a free guide to help organizations develop and maintain a whistleblowing system with the goal to encourage workers to report ethical and safety issues within an established mechanism.

The OSC has also adopted a whistleblowing program with financial incentives.

Financial services regulatory advice — we act for both financial institutions and senior executives of financial institutions, assisting with regulatory investigations, complex issues regarding legal professional privilege, whistleblowing, remuneration structures, the senior managers regime and negotiating exit packages.

We also provide assistance with maternity, paternity and family friendly rights, the Working Time Regulations, data protection, employment status, whistleblowing, absence management and grievances.

We also offer advice and assistance with maternity, paternity and family friendly rights, the Working Time Regulations, employment status and whistleblowing.

Her representations, prior to joining Skadden, include advising a large multinational company that provides services to the government in relation to alleged improper distribution of profits, advising on SFO and City of London Police investigations into the company, and advising its subsidiary on the UK Bribery Act; compliance advice for a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in connection with anti-money laundering and anti-corruption policies; compliance advice for a Canadian - listed mining business operating in Europe relating to whistleblowing, data protection and anti-corruption procedures; and advising media organisations in connection with the «Diana» inquiry and the Leveson Inquiry into the Media, Culture and Ethics.

However, employers still need to proceed with caution as employees can bring discrimination claims or a whistleblowing claim in respect of their dismissal without any minimum service requirement.

Teacher v Further Education College Advised in conference and drafted claim for a teacher bringing whistleblowing claims against a further education college, with complicated facts including a complex disciplinary matter.

The full range of claims in the Employment Tribunal, with a particular emphasis on discrimination, victimisation and whistleblowing;

As a general rule, employees are employees at will in Colorado, unless otherwise provided, which means that you can be fired at any time, with or without cause, for any reason other than those prohibited by law (e.g. race, gender, religion, whistleblowing in some cases) including a few reasons particular to Colorado law rather than federal law, such as...

In a letter submitted in response to this request, myself, along with fellow legal ethics Slaw columnists, Adam Dodek, Alice Woolley, and Malcolm Mercer, along with Brent Cotter, submitted that the OSC should not include in - house counsel in its proposed whistleblowing policy for reasons including those outlined here.

Woodford v Olympus Corporation Employment Tribunal, May 2012 High profile whistleblowing claim raising issues of extra-territorial jurisdiction of employment tribunals, with John Cavanagh QC

Response: We agree with the commenters who suggested that we recognize other appropriate entities to which workforce members and business associates might reasonably make a whistleblowing disclosure.

A covered entity is not in violation of the requirements of this rule when a member of its workforce or a business associate of the covered entity discloses protected health information to: (i) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity; (ii) an appropriate health care accreditation organization; or (iii) an attorney, for the purpose of determining his or her legal options with respect to whistleblowing.

Mr. Azar's pro bono work has also included successfully persuading the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow a disabled prisoner's federal civil rights case to proceed, resulting in a published decision on a matter of first impression; assisting tenants in disputes with their landlords; and assisting a translator in defending against contempt proceedings relating to her alleged whistleblowing about safety defects in automobiles.

Lloyd LJ, dissenting on this point alone, agreed with the employer's submissions that this would make the word «similar» in s 48 (3) redundant since any act which can be relied on in a whistleblowing case must, by definition, have been on the ground that a protected disclosure had been made.

The EAT allowed their appeals, holding that the correct test for causation in whistleblowing cases was that applying in discrimination cases, namely whether (with the reversal of the burden of proof in the Employment Rights Act 1996, s 48 (2)-RRB- the employer could show that the alleged detriment was «in no sense whatsoever» on the grounds of the protected activity (applying Igen v Wong [2005] EWCA Civ 142, [2005] 3 All ER 812).

One session in particular, on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new whistleblowing legislation, drew a packed room with standing room only.

As was the case with the regulatory scheme at issue in the Federation of Law Societies case which targeted money laundering and terrorist financing, the public protection goals behind the OSC's whistleblowing policy should be lauded.

They may not fully understand the implications of their discovery, but in a well - governed environment these concerns should be passed on to the internal audit team either formally through the «whistleblowing» helpline, which can be anonymous, or — more usually — through an informal conversation where the concern is raised with audit, which may then lead to a more formal audit or investigation.

A whistleblowing former employee alleges Walmart issued misleading e-commerce data in its race to catch up with retail rival Amazon.com, and then fired him in retaliation when he refused to stop...