Supreme Court Extends SOX Whistleblower Protections to Employees of Private Contractors to Public Companies | Practical Law
In Lawson v. FMR LLC, the US Supreme Court held that the whisteblower protections of Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), which protect employees of public companies from retaliation, also protect employees of private contractors and subcontractors to public companies.