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Court considers impact of pre-dispute arbitration agreement on whistleblower claim
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Investor Protections
Monday, February 10, 2014
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A federal judge in New York weighed whether to stay a Dodd-Frank whistleblower protection case involving a financial strategist who said he was fired for complaining about alleged efforts to influence his published research. The company involved asked the court to dismiss the case or, in the alternative, stay the matter pending arbitration as stipulated under the employment agreement. However, the former employee argued that his whistleblower claim arises from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and is protected by a ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements. Read on to learn what the judge had to say.
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