Richard J. D’agostino, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Robert N. Wilson and Ronald G. Gelbman…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and remanded the case, holding that New Jersey law governs the wrongful‑termination and related claims because the state has the greatest interest and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) constitutes a clear mandate of public policy that applies extraterritorially. The Court applied the governmental‑interest analysis from Veazey and adopted the FCPA as the source of New Jersey’s public‑policy exception to at‑will employment.