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Whistleblower, Dodd-Frank
"Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation protections should not
be reserved "only for people who march right up to the SEC. … That
chills anyone from ever talking to their supervisors and letting
them do some kind of internal remedy first."
MBA President-elect Marsha V.
Kazarosian, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Oct. 31
Kazarosian was quoted in Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly after receiving a favorable ruling in federal court
for the plaintiff, who claimed his termination by his former
employer was in violation of the whistleblower provisions under the
Dodd-Frank Act. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns denied
the defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that
employees can still bring a private lawsuit for retaliation under
Dodd-Frank, even when they register complaints internally, but do
not take whistleblower claims to the SEC before being terminated by
their employers.
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Settlement after drunk-driving
death
"Both parties have a lot to gamble by
going in front of a jury."
MBA Chief Legal Counsel and
Chief Operating Officer Martin W. Healy, Boston Globe, Nov. 4
Just before the trial was about to
start, the Kraft Group, owners of Gillette Stadium, reached an
undisclosed settlement with the parents of a woman killed in a
drunk-driving accident after a concert at the stadium. Healy's
commentary in the Globe helped frame the issue generally
of why some litigants opt to settle their cases rather than proceed
with a full trial.
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