Unemployment fuels rise in whistleblower claims 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 2, 2012
Tags: Dodd-Frank, retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley, whistleblower
With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace.
SOX whistleblower decision creates employer problems
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, Halliburton, Sarbanes-Oxley, SOX, whistleblower
Employment lawyers fear that a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board broadening whistleblower protections under Sarbanes-Oxley may create new burdens for employers.
SECURITIES REGULATION
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: June 28, 2010
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, securities law
A portion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act violates the Constitution’s Appointments Clause because it limits the president’s ability to remove members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
U.S. Supreme Court. Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Bd., No. 08-861. June 28, 2010. Lawyers USA No. 993-2056.
SOX whistleblower entitled to equitable tolling
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: equitable tolling, Sarbanes-Oxley, whistleblower
An alleged whistleblower who filed a retaliation complaint under Sarbanes-Oxley after the 90-day period for doing so had expired was entitled to equitable tolling, the Administrative Review Board of the U.S. Department of Labor has ruled.
Lawyers USA’s Top Ten Opinions of 2009
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 29, 2009
Tags: contingency fees, drunk driving, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Hurricane Katrina, medical monitoring, preemption, product liability, retaliation, same-sex marriage, Sarbanes-Oxley, Title VII, tobacco litigation, workplace privacy
As the year comes to a close, here’s a look back at 10 of the most ground-breaking decisions issued by federal and state courts in 2009.
In-house lawyers can bring Sarbanes-Oxley suit
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 17, 2009
Tags: attorney-client privilege, Sarbanes-Oxley, whistleblower
An attorney’s duty to protect client confidences does not necessarily prevent two in-house lawyers from bringing a federal whistleblower suit against their former employer, the 9th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
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