A recent district court’s decision may provide some relief for companies that fear they will be accused of retaliating against whistleblowers.
A ruling by the Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania earlier this month sets a higher standard for employees to claim whistleblower protection under the anti-retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The court ruled in favor of Tyco Electronics and dismissed a former employee’s lawsuit against the company on the grounds that the employee was not specific enough in his claims that wrongdoing had occurred at the company and failed to demonstrate how the activity violated one of the statutes contained in SOX.
