February 10, 2016
A former executive settled her Dodd-Frank Act claim against COR Clearing in Nebraska federal court weeks before a scheduled trial Wednesday, abruptly ending a years-long battle that had briefly raised questions about the Act that the Eighth Circuit shied away from answering.
July 29, 2014
COR Clearing LLC urged the Eighth Circuit on Monday to hear its challenge to a district court's refusal to dismiss an ex-executive's Dodd-Frank Act claim, and clarify whether Dodd-Frank's whistleblower protections shield tipsters who don't complain directly to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
July 24, 2014
Clearing services provider COR Clearing LLC on Wednesday told a Nebraska federal judge that a former executive alleging she was fired after reporting potential securities fraud should not be able to pursue negligence and breach of contract claims because she hasn't done enough to support them.
July 21, 2014
A Nebraska federal judge has granted COR Clearing LLC's bid to ask the Eighth Circuit to weigh in on whether a former executive qualified as a whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank Act despite having never provided information to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
June 18, 2014
A former COR Clearing LLC executive urged a Nebraska federal court on Monday to reject COR's bid for permission to immediately appeal a finding that she qualified as a whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank Act despite having never provided information to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 30, 2014
A Nebraska federal judge has found that federal whistleblower protections against retaliation from employers apply even to tipsters who don't take their complaints directly to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, countering at least one appellate court ruling on the subject.