SEC Awards $40 Million To Two Whistleblowers

On October 15, 2021, the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower announced multi-million dollar awards to two whistleblowers who provided the SEC with information that assisted the agency in bringing a successful enforcement action.  (The order granting the awards can be accessed here.)  The larger of the two awards, $32 million, was awarded to the whistleblower whose information caused the opening of the investigation and exposed difficult-to-detect violations.  The second award of $8 million was given to a […]

By | October 22nd, 2021 ||

Settlement And Severance Agreement Restrictions Headline Final 2021 Legislative Approvals

On October 9, 2021, a day before his official deadline, Governor Newsom finished review of the 836 bills passed to him by the Legislature, signing 770. This 7.9% veto rate is higher than the lowest veto rates tallied by Jerry Brown in the late ’70s/early ’80s; but far lower than Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had the highest veto rates.

The most notable bill approved on October 9 was the “Silenced No More Act,” SB 331, which will, […]

By | October 21st, 2021 ||

Employment Law Alert – Vaccine Mandate – Are You Getting Requests For Accommodation?

We are already working with many of you as you roll out a vaccine mandate policy for your workforce. As soon as the policy goes out, you will likely receive questions about potential accommodations.

As a reminder – if you require the vaccine, you must consider reasonable accommodations for people who qualify (either for a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief).

The first step is typically to determine whether the employee who requests the […]

By | October 14th, 2021 ||