On August 25, 2016, the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on its former CEO’s SOX whistleblower claim. The court ruled that Plaintiff’s complaint to the Board of Directors did not implicate any securities violations or fraud, and was not a protected disclosure where it was the Board itself Plaintiff was complaining about. The court also ruled that Plaintiff’s own actions suggested he condoned the conduct on which he purported to blow the whistle. Verfuerth v. Orion Energy Systems, Inc., No. 14-cv-352... Continue Reading