February 8. 2024 – The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling holding that whistleblowers do not need to prove that their employer acted with “retaliatory intent” to be protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The decision in the case, Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, has immense implications for several whistleblower protection laws.
The National Law Review has an analysis of the ruling at https://www.natlawreview.com/article/supreme-court-upholds-corporate-whistleblower-protections-landmark-ruling