November 12, 2015
Marketing company Neo@Ogilvy LLC has told the Second Circuit it no longer wants to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a fired finance director's Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower suit against it, changing its mind about a month after the appeals court agreed to stay its mandate reviving the suit.
October 15, 2015
The Second Circuit on Wednesday agreed to put the mandate that would make its recent decision reviving a Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower suit on hold while Neo@Ogilvy LLC seeks U.S. Supreme Court review, despite a fired finance director's plea to let his case move forward without delay.
October 01, 2015
Neo@Ogilvy LLC will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Second Circuit revived a workplace retaliation claim brought against the company by a whistleblower, according to a Wednesday filing asking the circuit court to keep the case open.
September 10, 2015
The Second Circuit on Thursday laid the groundwork for the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a simmering debate about who is entitled to additional protections under the Dodd-Frank Act's controversial whistleblower provisions, now that a distinct split has emerged on the question within federal appeals courts, attorneys said.
June 17, 2015
The Second Circuit struggled Wednesday with whether whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions in Dodd-Frank apply to workers like former Neo@Oglivy LLC finance director Daniel Berman, who was fired after reporting suspected irregularities internally but before taking his concerns to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
February 06, 2015
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday urged the Second Circuit to reject a lower court's finding that an employee at a marketing firm who internally reported suspected wrongdoing at his company, but don't turn around and tip off the SEC, isn't covered by the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower law.