Sarbanes-Oxley, OSHA | JD Supra Law News

Third Circuit Panel Liberalizes "Protected Activity" Immunity for Employees Claiming Whistleblower Status

by Michael Finio, Keith Lorenze | Saul Ewing LLP on 4/24/2013

The popular image of the American corporate whistleblower, as depicted in Hollywood box-office smashes such as The Insider and Michael Clayton, is a courageous hero who reports corporate wrongdoing, often at the risk of...more

Second Circuit “Clarifies” SOX Burden-Shifting Framework

by Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson, Daniel Saperstein | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 3/7/2013

On March 5, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit “clarified” the burden-shifting framework for whistleblower claims brought under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A....more

District of Idaho: Federal District Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Enforce Preliminary Reinstatement Order

by Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 2/6/2013

The stakes increase and the landscape changes tremendously in a whistleblower case when the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) issues a preliminary reinstatement order....more

OSHA Whistleblower Program: Record Number of Cases Filed & Resolved In 2012

by Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 1/28/2013

OSHA recently released statistics (aggregated by BNA) showing dramatic increases in both the number of whistleblower cases filed with OSHA last year as well as the number of OSHA determinations....more

OSHA Announces ADR Pilot Program

by Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 11/19/2012

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is charged with enforcing the whistleblower protection provisions in 22 separate statutes – ranging from Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to...more

S-O-X Protects Only Public Company Whistleblowers, Or Does It?

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/7/2012

DOL’s View - Thomas Spinner was a CPA whose firm provided accounting and audit services to a public company. Spinner’s accounting firm was not publicly-traded. A month after being assigned to audit the pubic company,...more

Home

Legal News

Find a Lawyer

Browse Subjects

Subscribe

Pro Services

For Reporters

Sarbanes-Oxley › OSHA