In a major victory for Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblowers, on May 25, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) issued a decision that resoundingly reaffirmed the scope of the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”).  See Sylvester v. Parexel Int’l LLC, ARB Case No. 07-123 (ARB May 25, 2011).  The case rejected many of [...]

A ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle on a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation complaint against Boeing, Inc. has restricted the definition of protected activity under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by setting the precedent that media leaks do not qualify as protected communication.  The case, Tides v. Boeing, involves two members of Boeing’s Sarbanes-Oxley [...]