Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Releasing of confidential statements.

In February of this year, I disclosed to my employers in a private inquiry the unethical acts of one of my superiors under the guise of confidentiality. This individual was later fired for his acts. Apparently, the company never disclosed the reason why he was being fired. He is now suing the company. At this time, this individual is in possession of written statements by me and other employees regarding his actions which he is not very happy with . I don't know how he received the documents but it had to come from within the company, either from the compliance

or legal department. As the company is trying to go public, I guess that in order to avoid a lawsuit, the company released these statements in order to prove to this individual that they had the right to fire him. However, I am distressed that they have released statements by me to the individual that I helped blow the whistle on while telling me that everything I say or write will be held private and never released. I am also distressed that they released this information to this individual

without my prior knowledge or approval. What legal recourse can I take, if any and if I can, what should my first order of business should I take action?


Asked on 11/28/06, 6:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Loeb Law Office of Stephen R. Loeb

Re: Releasing of confidential statements.

Depending on the circumstances you may or may not have had a reasonable expectation of confidentiality, I would need more information to analyze your situation.

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Answered on 11/29/06, 6:20 am


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