Legal Opinion
Fleszar v. United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2010No. 09-2423PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
The American Medical Association fired Janice Fleszar, who complained to the Department of Labor that the discharge violated § 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a whistleblower-protection provision. This law applies to a “company with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 781), or ... required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o (d))”. 18 U.S.C. § 1514A(a). The Department declined to investigate Fleszar’s allegations, concluding that the AMA, a nonprofit…
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