Suits By Suits Monthly Roundup -- October, 2012

In the run-up to last night’s elections, we discussed a number of suits by suits with political implications, including ousted Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer’s suit against the Florida GOP, as well as two posts (here and here) discussing the implications of Gallaudet University’s decision to suspend its Chief Diversity Officer, Angela McCaskill, for political speech she engaged in outside the workplace opposing same-sex marriage in Maryland (which passed last night, by the way).  We also discussed the controversial whistleblower protection provision (§ 922) of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act in considerable depth (here, here, and here).

Of course – however it may have seemed if you lived in a swing state like Virginia, Ohio, Florida, or Colorado – there was more to October of 2012 than the impending election, and we were on top of those issues as well.  In particular, we discussed the strange case of former Goldman Sachs VP Sergey Aleynikov, who was charged twice with stealing Goldman Sachs' intellectual property (in this case, proprietary computer code) but who nevertheless sought indemnification and advancement of his ongoing defense costs from Goldman Sachs.  (We also discussed the D&O insurance implications of Aleynikov's lawsuit.)

Here's the full roundup of all of our posts from October:

• A Note to Companies and High-Level Employees: How to Resurrect a Dispute That Was Dead and Buried  (Ellen D. Marcus, October 31, 2012)
• Dodd-Frank’s Shifting Definition of “Whistleblower”‎ (Jason M. Knott, October 25, 2012)
• Connecticut Federal Court Accepts Plaintiff’s, SEC’s Broad Reading of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Law (Jason M. Knott, October 24, 2012)
• Gone With the Wind Turbines (Jason M. Knott, October 22, 2012)
• Suspension of Gallaudet University’s Chief Diversity Officer Raises Question: Can You Be ‎Fired For Your Political Views? Part 2 of 2‎ (William A. Schreiner, Jr., October 20, 2012)
• Suspension of Gallaudet University’s Chief Diversity Officer Raises Question: Can You Be ‎Fired For Your Political Views? Part 1 of 2‎ (William A. Schreiner, Jr., October 19, 2012)
• Can You Get Fired Not For Having An Affair At Work – But Just Because Someone Else Thinks the Boss Has “Personal Feelings” For You?‎ (William A. Schreiner, Jr., October 18, 2012)
• Marketing With Social Media: Is It Time to Retire the Concept of the "Workplace?" (P. Andrew Torrez, October 11, 2012)
• When Suits By Suits Go Political, Part II: Jim Greer vs. the Republican Party of Florida (P. Andrew Torrez, October 10, 2012)
• Does a Company Have to Advance Legal Fees for a Former Officer Who Was Criminally Charged (Twice) with Stealing the Company's Trade Secrets? (Ellen D. Marcus, October 6, 2012)
• Indemnification and Advancement: Don’t Forget The D&O Insurance (William A. Schreiner, Jr., October 4, 2012)
• Plaintiff Loses 9 of 10 Claims, But Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claim Survives (Jason M. Knott, October 3, 2012)
• Does a Company Have to Pay for the Defense of a Former Officer Who Was Criminally Charged (Twice) with Stealing the Company’s Trade Secrets? (Ellen D. Marcus, October 1, 2012)

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