Second Circuit’s Burden of Proof Ruling in SOX Whistleblower Case Creates Circuit Split
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently overturned a jury’s award of $900,000 to a former employee who claimed, in a case brought under the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), that he was unlawfully retaliated against for blowing the whistle on his former employer’s alleged securities violations. According to the appeals court, the trial judge gave the jury...
