Legal Opinion
Lawson v. Fmr Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 3, 2012No. 10-2240PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This interlocutory appeal is from the district court’s order denying a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss two separate but related cases under the whistleblower protection provision of section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(SOX), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. See Lawson v. FMR LLC, 724 F.Supp.2d 141 (D.Mass.2010); Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). It raises important questions of first impression.
The plaintiffs, Jackie Hosang Lawson and Jonathan M. Zang, brought separate suits alleging unlawful retaliation by their corporate employers, which are private companies that act under…
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