Reporting a governance irregularity to the French banking and insurance regulator, the ACPR: an opportunist executive is denied whistleblower status

Written by Valentino Armillei

Published in Bulletin Joly Travail

Firmly maintaining its position, the Paris Court of Appeal has again rejected the “good faith” criteria, as defined by the Court of Cassation, as the only key factor for granting a whistleblower protection status.

In a recent case, the Court held that the temporary director of a company who reported a governance irregularity with a view to extending his temporary term of office could not claim to be a whistleblower. Read more