Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protections Cover Employees of a Public Company’s Private Contractors

On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, expanded the protections offered to whistleblowers under anti-fraud laws, in Lawson v. FMR LLC. In its decision, the Court ruled that a specific protection against retaliation...
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP