Dallas Employment Lawyer Blog
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) is a federal law that established new standards for public companies and created whistleblower protection for employees who disclose information that could show a violation of federal securities law, SEC rules, or any federal law related to fraud against the shareholders. Given its diverse civil, criminal and administrative provisions, SOX could be considered one of the most important whistleblower protection laws.
Unlike most whistleblower laws, SOX’s whistleblower protection provisions are not limited to providing a legal remedy for wrongfully terminated employees. In addition to containing employment-based protections for employee whistleblowers, the law contains other provisions directly relevant to whistleblower protection: