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Extraterritoriality and Whistleblower Retaliation

In-house counsel for multinational corporations and counsel for foreign plaintiffs often must deal a serious issue. Specifically, can overseas whistleblowers avail themselves of United States whistleblower protection laws? If so, under what circumstances? How can corporations protect themselves against claims of retaliation from company whistleblowers located outside the United States?

21 minute read October 01, 2014 at 01:35 PM
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R. Scott Oswald And Tom Harrington
Extraterritoriality and Whistleblower Retaliation

Though whistleblower protection statutes take many forms, the frameworks for determining liability are really quite similar. Generally speaking, an employee must first demonstrate that he or she engaged in protected conduct under an act.

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