U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 13, 2014
High court expands whistleblower protection
The holding made clear that the anti-retaliation provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley apply to a range of industries, including lawyers. By Robb Adkins and Kimberly Morris
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly expanded the whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) by ruling that the anti-retaliation provision of the act protects not only employees of public companies, but employees of private contractors who work for public companies. The March 4 ruling in Lawson v. FMR LLC, 2014 DJDAR 2622, has significant implications for privately held employers in a w...
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