Apple Faces a Wave of Legal Woes, Including RICO Act Lawsuit Filed by Former Employee
Core Issues: Legal Worms Inside
Apple is finding itself in increasingly hot water as Ashley M. Gjøvik, a former Senior Engineering Program Manager turned whistleblower, has filed a RICO Act lawsuit containing a litany of claims against the tech giant—the largest company in the world by revenue and market cap.
Gjøvik alleges extensive whistleblower retaliation under federal and state laws, including Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, and lays out a multi-layered complaint that ropes in numerous other Apple personnel and incidents.
Scroll down to read Gjøvik’s comment to Hacking, but Legal.
The lawsuit follows Gjøvik's previous wins in her unemployment insurance appeal and charges filed with multiple governmental bodies, all filed pro se—as a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law, Gjøvik represents herself with impressive results. A case she argued successfully and won was recently cited by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in a brief before the Supreme Court.
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