SOX Whistleblower Protections Again Interpreted Narrowly
May 2011 The Ninth Circuit took a narrow reading of the whistleblower protections provided under Sarbanes-Oxley, and thereby eliminated the applicability of any whistleblower protection. The would-be...
View ArticleDOL’s ARB Limits SOX & Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections To U.S. Employees
February 2012 By a 3-2 vote, the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) limited the jurisdiction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) whistleblower protection outside the United States. The...
View ArticleConflicting Rulings About SOX’s Scope Cause Private Company Employees To Stay...
October 2012 The Administrative Review Board (ARB) for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued a decision regarding the scope of the whistleblower protections under Sarbanes-Oxley Act of...
View ArticleIRS Whistleblower Program Provides Opportunities For Some, Pitfalls For Others
February 2013 The IRS has had a whistleblower program for decades, but it was not widely used and not much was paid to whistleblowers. However, the efforts to improve the program are bearing fruit....
View ArticleWhistleblower Protection Does Not Require Fraud On Shareholders
June 2013 A recent decision has clarified the reach of the protections offered to whistleblowers under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”). In the matter of Lockheed Martin...
View ArticleDOL Rewrites Sox Whistleblower Provision to a New Employer-Friendly Standard
June 2007 Like most lawsuits, many cases settle for undisclosed amounts. Nevertheless, of almost 1,000 whistleblower cases filed under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), not a singe whistleblower has...
View ArticleWhen Is A Whistleblower Not A Whistleblower?
January 2014 The definition of a whistleblower and the criteria for reliance on associated protections has been the subject of a number of recent cases. In these matters, the reporting method has been...
View ArticleSOX Whistleblower Protection Covers Certain Private Company Employees
March 2014 The Supreme Court has held in the case of Lawson v. FMR LLC that the whistleblower protection available under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) properly extends to employees of...
View ArticleWhistleblower Program to Pay $30 Million for a Late Report from Overseas
October 2014 The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has announced that it will award over $30 million in its latest high profile payout to a whistleblower who provided key original information...
View ArticleCase Demonstrates the Limits of Whistleblower Protection
December 2014 The efforts to encourage and protect whistleblowers have been wide-reaching. However there are differences between the rewards and the protections based on the agency and laws involved. A...
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