Accordingly, we GRANT WFG's Motion for Summary Decision and DENY Gale's complaint.
SO ORDERED.
M. CYNTHIA DOUGLASS
Chief Administrative Appeals Judge
OLIVER M. TRANSUE
Administrative Appeals Judge
[ENDNOTES]
1 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A (West 2006).
2 29 C.F.R. Part 1980 (2007).
3 R. D. & O. at 10-12.
4 Secretary's Order No. 1-2002, 67 Fed. Reg. 64,272 (Oct. 17, 2002); 29 C.F.R. § 1980.110(a).
5 29 C.F.R. § 18.40 (2006).
6 Fed. R. Civ. P. 56.
7 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986).
8 Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986); Anderson, 477 U.S. at 248.
9 Anderson, 477 U.S. at 255.
10 Celotex, 477 U.S. at 322.
11 Nixon v. Stewart & Stevenson Servs., Inc. ARB No. 05-066, ALJ No. 2005-SOX-001, slip op. at 6 (ARB Sept. 28, 2007), citing Celotex, 477 U.S. at 322.
12 29 C.F.R. § 18.40(c).
13 Motion at 3-5.
14 See 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A ("No company with a class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l), or that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(d)), or any officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of such company, may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of any lawful act done by the employee… .").
15 Gale submitted a copy of an United States Securities and Exchange Commission Form 20-F. It indicates that WFG is a part of AEGON N.V.'s Agency Group, which "offers a wide range of insurance products through agents dedicated to selling AEGON products … ." (Response, Exhibit 5 at 21).
16 See Getman v. Southwest Sec., Inc., ARB No. 04-059, ALJ No. 2003-SOX-008 (ARB July 29, 2005).
17 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 1341, 1343, 1344, and 1348.
18 See 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A(a).
19 See Response at 11, 13, 18, 24.
20 Transcript of Video Deposition of Michael Gale at 205-06.
21 R. D. & O. at 10-12.