The United States Supreme Court recently addressed the Sarbanes–Oxley Act’s application to employees of private contractors and subcontractors. In Lawson v. FMR LLC (2014) 134 S.Ct. 1158, former employees of private companies that contracted to advise or manage mutual funds brought suit against their former employers, in which they alleged retaliation in violation of the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act. The Supreme Court of the United States held that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes–Oxley Act extends to employees of private contractors and subcontractors. (Read full opinion (link: http://www.supremecourt.gov/
