Legal Opinion
Andrea Jones v. Southpeak Interactive Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2015No. 13-2399, 14-1765PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge THACKER wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge KEENAN joined.
THACKER, Circuit Judge:
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 makes it illegal for publicly traded companies to retaliate against employees who report potentially unlawful conduct. See 18 U.S.C. § 1514A(a).' In this case, a video game publishing company, SouthPeak Interactive Corp. (“SouthPeak”), 1 fired its chief financial officer after she raised concerns about a misstatement on one of the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). A jury found that the…
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