September 16, 2022
The Second Circuit won't reconsider a panel decision overturning a nearly $1 million award a New York jury granted to an ex-UBS AG Group employee in his wrongful termination case against the bank.
August 22, 2022
An ex-UBS AG Group employee wants the Second Circuit to rehear his wrongful termination case against the bank, claiming the court committed a "wholesale shredding" of the existing whistleblower retaliation framework when it overturned a nearly $1 million award that was previously granted in his favor.
August 05, 2022
The Second Circuit on Friday said fired whistleblowers suing under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act must show that their employer acted with retaliatory intent when firing them, overturning a nearly $1 million award granted to a former UBS AG Group employee due to faulty jury instructions.
April 01, 2022
The Second Circuit appeared dubious Friday of UBS AG's argument that allegedly faulty jury instructions allowed a former mortgage analyst to win a nearly $1 million whistleblower verdict, with one member of the panel noting that "jurors are not robots."
March 25, 2022
In the next week, the Second Circuit will hear oral arguments in UBS' attempt to toss a jury verdict against it in a whistleblower retaliation suit filed by a former strategist who claims he was fired for reporting securities fraud. Here, Law360 looks at that case as well as other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the Empire State.