Whistleblower Allegations Against Faraday Future: Legal Disputes Ordered to Arbitration

Our firm represents two former employees of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, Inc., a publicly traded start-up (NASDAQ symbol “FFIE”) focused on the development of electric vehicles (“EVs”).  Our firm’s clients filed Complaints against the company in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. 24STCV07835 and Case No. 24STCV08033.  As reflected in those Complaints, the two former employees allege that during their employment at Faraday Future, they uncovered what they believed to be violations of federal law, California law and company policy.  Those alleged violations concerned failure to comply with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) reporting requirements under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act (“TREAD”), the release of non-road approved software on customer cars, and publicly misreporting vehicle sales figures.  The two former employees allege that they repeatedly notified Faraday Future of the alleged violations in an attempt to force the company to comply with applicable law and company policy.  The two former employees allege that Faraday Future terminated their employment in retaliation for their protected whistleblowing.  Faraday Future filed a motion to force the two former employees to arbitrate their disputes with the company.  The Los Angeles County Superior Court ordered both matters to arbitration.