Neil V. Getnick Quoted in The Wall Street Journal – Legal Protections for the Facebook Whistleblower
The Wall Street Journal recently published a piece describing the uncertain legal landscape faced by Frances Haugen, a former product manager at Facebook who has blown the whistle to expose a number of serious problems at the company, including the knowing dissemination of misinformation and the harmful effects of certain products on teenagers.
On Legal Protections for the Facebook Whistleblower
On the issue of potential legal protections available to the whistleblower, Getnick & Getnick LLP Managing Partner Neil V. Getnick noted that significant protection may derive from practical considerations facing the social media giant: “They already have their own host of problems and the last thing they need is to be seen as the big bad company, the behemoth going after this courageous individual . . . They should realize that’s not a good story line for them.”