Legal Opinion
Day v. Staples, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 9, 2009No. 08-1689PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This is our first occasion to interpret the requirements for an action under the whis-tleblower protection provision of the Sar-banes-Oxley Act (“SOX”), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. Kevin Day sued his former employer, Staples, Inc., alleging he was fired for reporting fraud, in violation of this federal whistleblower protection provision and of state law. SOX prohibits discharging an employee because the employee provides information to a supervisor “regarding any conduct which the employee reasonably believes constitutes a violation of [several enumerated laws] ... or any provision…
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