Korean e-commerce retailer Coupang Inc., which is publicly traded company in the US, was sued in federal court by a former employee alleging that he was fired because of his whistleblower activities.
Philip Smith, who was hired to be Coupang’s Senior Director and Head of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance in Korea, alleges that his firing violated the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act and California and Washington law. Coupang’s US arm is a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Seattle, and its employment contract with Smith was governed by California law, according to his complaint filed Dec. 8 in the US District Court for ...
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