Represented Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T) defending Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower suit pending before the U.S. Department of Labor and related wrongful discharge suit. Both cases involved complex Bank Secrecy Act issues and novel questions of law under the Sarbanes-Oxley.

Stroupe v. Branch Banking & Trust Co., No. 2008-SOX-00047 (U.S. Dept. of Labor filed Sept. 11, 2007).
Stroupe v. Branch Banking and Trust Co., No. 1:08-cv-196 (W.D.N.C. filed May 2, 2008).

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