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January 18, 2017
Bio-Rad's Ex-GC Testifies CEO Resisted FCPA Investigation
The former general counsel for Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. took the stand in his retaliation suit accusing the life sciences company of firing him for reporting possible Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations related to payments in China, testifying that Bio-Rad's CEO resisted his attempts to investigate possible wrongdoing.
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January 17, 2017
Bio-Rad Fired GC For FCPA Leak, Jury Told At Trial's Start
A lawyer for Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.'s ex-general counsel told a California federal jury during opening arguments in his retaliation suit Tuesday that the company fired him for blowing the whistle on its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance in China, while Bio-Rad countered that he was an ill-tempered lawyer terminated for incompetence.
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January 02, 2017
White Collar Cases To Watch in 2017
The coming months will provide a glut of trials and enforcement cases to watch as federal prosecutors attempt to broaden foreign bribery liability, navigate a new public corruption landscape, shield corporate monitorships and convince juries that some bond sales practices are crimes.
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December 22, 2016
Bio-Rad Can't Block Ex-GC's Evidence In Retaliation Trial
A California federal judge has rejected Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.'s bid to block its former general counsel's evidence as privileged information in the attorney's lawsuit claiming the company fired him for raising concerns about its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance in China, saying whistleblower laws permit the disclosures.
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December 13, 2016
SEC Says Bio-Rad Wrong To Call Ex-GC's Work Privileged
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission went to bat again on Tuesday for a former general counsel who claims Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. fired him over Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerns, arguing the attorney can use what would otherwise be privileged information at trial.
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November 23, 2016
Bio-Rad Says Ex-GC Faked FCPA Concerns To Save Job
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. plans to argue at a January trial that its former general counsel, who claims he was fired for looking into Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in China, made up the bribery scheme to hide his own incompetence.
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October 24, 2016
Bio-Rad Says Ex-GC Whistleblower Testimony Privileged
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. asked a California federal judge on Friday to bar testimony from its former general counsel who is accusing the life sciences company of firing him for raising potential bribery allegations, saying all evidence the lawyer obtained through the course of his work is privileged.
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December 15, 2015
Bio-Rad Denied Quick Appeal In Whistleblower GC's Suit
A California federal judge said Tuesday that Bio-Rad Laboratories can't quickly appeal an unfavorable ruling in a whistleblower suit brought by its former general counsel who claims he was fired for raising potential bribery allegations, saying an appeal would unnecessarily prolong the case.
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November 25, 2015
Bio-Rad Will Ask 9th Circ. To Nix Whistleblower GC's Claims
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. is planning to ask the Ninth Circuit to immediately review a California federal court's recent refusal to toss claims in its former general counsel's whistleblower suit alleging he was fired after reporting that company leadership potentially engaged in overseas bribery.
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October 23, 2015
Fired Bio-Rad GC Hangs On To Most Whistleblower Claims
A former Bio-Rad general counsel's whistleblower suit, alleging he was fired after reporting that company leadership potentially engaged in overseas bribery, largely survived Friday, when a California federal judge allowed all the claims against the life sciences research firm while tossing those against the board.
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