The whistleblower is the good guy in the white hat and the thief is the bad guy in the black hat, right? Tesla and the courtroom are the scenes where this battle of good and evil will play out. Tesla is suing a former employee for theft of trade secrets, breaking into...
A “whistleblower” is an employee who complains of something illegal or unethical internally, to the press or to a government agency and because of that suffers as a result. A lawsuit filed by such an employee, especially when it involves a business doing business with...
A “whistleblower” claim is a lawsuit filed by a current or former employee who alleges the defendant retaliated against him or her because of a report within a company or to a government agency of wrongdoing. This kind of cause of action is a combination fraud and...
A corporate whistleblower can be a plaintiff’s best friend when it comes to starting a lawsuit and providing evidence to support it. A case in San Francisco federal court resulted in an unusual evidentiary decision in the plaintiffs’ favor in a securities class action...