Legal Opinion
Robinson v. United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 2010No. 10-1587PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Discover Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, fired Beverly Robinson six months after she submitted a memo to its President and Chief Financial Officer reporting improper business practices. Robinson claims that Discover violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by discharging her in retaliation for her protected activity of reporting corporate fraud. See 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. After a ten-day hearing, an Administrative Law Judge determined that Discover fired her for poor performance. The Administrative Review Board affirmed the ALJ’s decision and dismissed her complaint.…
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