Compliance Week Quotes Scott Oswald on High Profile SOX Decision

In an article titled, “Recent Court Decision Clarifies Whistleblower Law,” Compliance Week reports about the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Van Asdale v. International Game Technology about the scope of the whistleblower retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”).  According to Scott Oswald, a principal with The Employment Law Group® law firm, the Ninth Circuit’s decision “signals that SOX is still a robust remedy for corporate whistleblowers” despite the Labor Department “undermining the statute in its narrow interpretation of the statute.”  For information on The Employment Law Group® law firm’s Whistleblower Practice, click here.

Tagged: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Whistleblower Laws (Federal)