Michael Woodford, ousted as head of Japanese camera-to-endoscope maker Olympus after blowing the whistle on one of Japan’s biggest corporate frauds, on Tuesday won a likely multi-million dollar settlement of his claim for unfair dismissal. After a night of negotiations, …
Michael Woodford, the former Olympus CEO, on Thursday kicks off his legal battle for wrongful dismissal on the grounds of discrimination and whistleblowing, in a UK case that will throw the spotlight back on one of Japan’s worst corporate scandals. …
An independent panel urged legal action against executives who covered up a $1.7 billion accounting scandal at Japan’s Olympus Corp, and said others who knew about it should be replaced. But its findings failed to satisfy the ex-CEO who blew …
