Van Asdale v. International Game Technology

OPINION

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

This Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case is before us for the third time. On the first appeal, we reversed the district court’s order granting summary judgment in International Game Technology’s (“IGT”) favor because material facts were in dispute. Van Asdale v. Int’l Game Tech., 577 F.3d 989, 991 (9th Cir.2009) (“Van Asdale I”). On remand, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Shawn and Lena Van Asdale on each of their Sar-banes-Oxley claims, and the district court entered judgment consistent with the jury verdict. The district court then denied IGT’s post-trial…