Many General Counsel attorneys falsely believe their duty is to protect the corporation by any means instead of ensuring legal compliance and remediating noncompliance according to non-retaliation laws. GCs who knowingly cover up unlawful practices in corporations and government entities must be addressed by the criminal justice system and BAR associations given the enormous financial fraud perpetrated upon taxpayers and shareholders when significant funds are used to unlawfully retaliate against employees who exercise their rights to complain about noncompliance. When this occurs in government entities, it is intentional fraudulent misuse of taxpayer money; it is also a frequent occurence.
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Furthermore, those who contribute to and/or enable unlawful retaliation by not reporting it need to be held accountable as well – as they often benefit personally. Any of us who have been lucky enough to be able to afford legal counsel must help those who have not and must improve our current system.
These crimes are epidemic and do require deterrence in the form of large fines, improved processes for complaining employees, and guaranteed sound impartial investigations into unlawful practices, even when there are settlements with complaining employees. Gag orders need to be made unlawful, regardless of settlements with employees.
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February 6th, 2012 at 10:31 am
I was just curious about the opinion of the more legal minded members here:
Is it generally safe to assume that when a person or organization attempts to settle a case out of court and includes a gag order, that the person or organization was essentially admitting guilt, and was just trying to avoid what they knew would be a loss in court?
Or simplified:
Should a person or organization who has settled out of court be assumed guilty by the public and media?
February 9th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
There are so many possible truths in the case of an out-of-court settelment, that it is best not to assume. Having said that, employers generally do NOT settle unless they have something to hide. I would NOT assume the employee is the one who is guilty, because it is the EMPLOYER who usually has much more money and could go on in legal proceedings for years until the employee runs out of money.