Legal Opinion
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. v. US Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 2019No. 17-1811; 17-2204PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judge:
In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX"). SOX provides several *229 provisions protecting shareholders in public companies, including whistleblower protection. The whistleblower protection provision prohibits employers in public companies from firing an employee for providing information to a person with supervisory authority over the employee relating to mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, a violation of any SEC rule or regulation or fraud against shareholders. 2 18 U.S.C. § 1514A(a)(1).
This case involves the scope of SOX's…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. BroudoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Dickinson v. ZurkoSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Dickinson v. ZurkoSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
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