Corporate Accountability Report Index-Summary

WAGES

– Executive compensation

– Forfeiture provision of Citigroup's capital accumulation plan did not violate state wage law (Conn.), 14

WASHINGTON

– Presuit demand in derivative litigation, Wash. follows Del. standard in finding futility in stock option backdating case (Wash.), 702
– Short-swing profits, InfoSpace insider tort claims regarding disgorgement dismissed as de facto indemnification (U.S., rev den), 354

WHISTLEBLOWERS

– Sarbanes-Oxley Act

– – Credit card misuse alleged by railroad employee not covered by fraud provisions (DOL ARB), 1001
– – Faulty accounting allegation against Staples not enough to show fraud (1st Cir.), 205
– – In-house counsel may proceed with claim based on privileged information from merger (9th Cir.), 1059
– – Irregular revenue recognition in his department, not reporting of in-transit inventory discrepancy, was cause of VP firing (DOL ARB), 1097
– – Loans previously written off are reported as income when later recovered, CFO complaining of GAAP violation fired (U.S., rev den), 545
– – Pension fund management decisions, complaints not protected and not cause of firing (S.D.N.Y.), 1098
– – Reasonable belief of fraud by Charter Communications not shown (7th Cir.), 389
– – Statutes of limitations

– – – Improper confidentiality offer starts time running, not expiration of offer (10th Cir.), 733
– – – Notice of firing starts time (DOL ARB), 106
– – – Unequivocal termination notice required before time starts (DOL ARB), 611

WISCONSIN

– Business judgment rule, dividend not paid to other shareholder shows bad faith (Wis. Ct. App.), 706

WORK PRODUCT

See ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE