March 01, 2024
The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision to toss a whistleblower suit from a former Barclays executive, finding that he didn't sufficiently back up his allegations of retaliation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
January 31, 2024
The Second Circuit has a busy month ahead in the employment sphere, taking on a whistleblower case against Barclays, a national origin bias claim against a major property service union and a race discrimination battle against the Fashion Institute of Technology. Here's a look at these oral argument sessions, plus one before the Ninth Circuit, that discrimination lawyers should be watching this month.
October 10, 2023
Barclays has told the Second Circuit that a lower court correctly tossed a whistleblower suit from a former executive because his claims were only based on a "reasonable belief" without any "evidentiary support" and he didn't engage in any protected activity, among other reasons.
July 07, 2023
A former Barclays executive told the Second Circuit Friday that he should be able to revive his whistleblower suit against the company because he had a reasonable belief that being made to work during a leave period intended to weed out fraud was a violation of securities regulations.