December 10, 2024
A split Ninth Circuit refused to revive a terminated Tesla worker's Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claim alleging he was retaliated against for reporting unlawful activity, ruling on Tuesday the worker is precluded from re-litigating in district court whether he engaged in protected activity, since an arbitrator already decided that he did not.
May 14, 2024
A former Tesla employee who says he was fired for reporting unlawful activity asked the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to revive his Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claim, saying those claims aren't arbitrable, and a lower court erred when it dismissed them based on an arbitrator's findings regarding his other claims against Tesla.
September 15, 2023
Tesla and Elon Musk urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an ex-worker's bid to revive a lawsuit claiming he was retaliated against for reporting alleged unlawful activity at the electric vehicle-maker's Nevada factory, saying the man's whistleblower claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were fully litigated in arbitration.