Court to rule on whether private employees get SOX retaliation shield 
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: employment, OSHA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – Next term the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether an employee of a privately held contractor or subcontractor of a public company is covered under the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
2nd Circuit clarifies SOX whistleblower standard
Published: March 8, 2013
Tags: retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX, whistleblower
A technology company didn’t engage in illegal retaliation when it fired an executive a short time after he refused to sign Sarbanes-Oxley Act disclosure forms, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Bill would bar insurance coverage for civil penalties
Published: June 1, 2012
Tags: clawback, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, financial regulation, insurance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act
WASHINGTON – Legislation that would prohibit officers, directors and employees from buying insurance to prevent them from personally paying compensation clawbacks or civil penalties for harmful actions they commit has been introduced in the House.
SOX whistleblower protection limited, circuit court rules
Published: February 8, 2012
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX, whistleblower
The whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act do not protect the employees of private companies that are contractors of public companies, the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Sarbanes-Oxley doesn’t protect media leaks
Published: May 5, 2011
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, whistleblower
The whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act do not protect employees who leaked information about their company to a newspaper, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Sarbanes-Oxley arbitration ban applies retroactively
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 9, 2011
Tags: arbitration, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, whistleblower
A new federal law banning the arbitration of certain whistleblower claims applies to a retaliation lawsuit filed before the statute’s enactment, a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts has ruled in denying a motion to compel arbitration.
Employer didn’t waive arbitration rights
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 22, 2010
Tags: arbitration, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, whistleblower
An employer didn’t waive its rights by participating in a former employee’s whistleblower lawsuit for several months before filing a motion to compel arbitration, the 10th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Court sets standards for Sarbanes-Oxley suits
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 14, 2009
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Whistleblowers must show only that they called attention to what they believed was fraud in order to sue their employers for wrongful termination under the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday.
SARBANES-OXLEY
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: June 4, 2009
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unconstitutional? Click here for the related article.
U.S. Supreme Court. Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOBI, No. 08-861. Certiorari granted May 18, 2009. Ruling below: 537 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 2008).
Court to decide constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 18, 2009
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act – designed to enforce auditing and accounting standards and avoid corporate scandal – is unconstitutional.
