Court of Appeals of New York

In a state common-law suit by a hedge fund's compliance officer claiming that he was fired because he spoke out about manipulative and deceptive trading practices, and that his dismissal violated a company policy to prohibit retaliation for such conduct, the Appellate Division's dismissal of the claim is affirmed, as: 1) New York common law does not recognize a cause of action for the wrongful discharge of an at-will employee; and 2) the employment relationship did not fit within the exception to the at-will doctrine recognized for lawyers in Wieder v Skala, 80 NY2d 628 (1992).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2012
• Published 05/08/2012

Judges

• Smith

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel M. Felber, Y. David Scharf