Sanford Wadler v. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
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- appeal
- Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
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Outcome
The jury verdict of $11 million in favor of the whistleblower was partially upheld and partially vacated on appeal. The court affirmed the California public policy claim verdict but vacated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act verdict due to instructional error and vacated the Dodd-Frank Act verdict, reducing damages by approximately $2.96 million.
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