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Sarbanes-Oxley Federal Contractors

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Federal Contractor Responsibility

This week, in this five-part podcast series, sponsored by Affiliated Monitors, Inc. (AMI), I am exploring the need for federal contractors to maintain their status as “Responsible Contractors” and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Section 809 Panel Recommendations: Overhaul Audit Practices and Increase Reliance on Private-Sector Accounting Rules

This third installment of Pillsbury’s Section 809 alerts focuses on recommendations to modernize and streamline the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) appropriations, auditing and accounting practices. The Section 809 Panel...more

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Third Circuit Rules that Employer-Friendly “But For” Causation Standard Applies to False Claims Act Retaliation Claims

In the case of DiFiore v. CSL Behring, LLC, the Third Circuit ruled for the first time that the more demanding “but for” causation standard applies to retaliation claims under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), rejecting the lower...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

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...On July 25, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was awarding nearly $2.5 million to a government employee who tipped off the SEC to a company’s wrongdoing. Although the SEC does not...more

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A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

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Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. ...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Does Sarbanes-Oxley Apply to Government Contractors?

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Certain government contracts contain representations and warranties which require primes and subs to “comply with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”).” Several times, clients have asked which SOX...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Careful Measures May Be Needed to Protect Privileged Internal Investigative Materials

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In March, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia ordered defense contractors Kellogg Brown and Root Inc. and Halliburton’s (“KBR”) legal department to produce internal investigative reports that KBR contended...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Before The Whistle Blows: Understanding And Addressing The Expanding Scope Of Whistleblower Protections Under Sarbanes-Oxley And...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) was enacted following the accounting scandals of the early 2000s involving Enron, WorldCom and other public companies. Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more

Stinson LLP

Lawson v. FMR LLC: Supreme Court Takes Broad View Of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Coverage

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On March 4, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) providing protections for whistleblowers applies not only to employees of public companies, but also to employees of...more

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