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Retaliation Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Murray v UBS Securities LLC

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Lower Burden of Proof for Whistleblowers Established in Landmark Supreme Court Case

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Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC holding that whistleblowers are not required to prove their employer acted with “retaliatory intent” to be protected under...more

Miller Nash LLP

(We Can’t Have No) Retaliation: Part One—SCOTUS Clarifies Whistleblower Claims Standard under Sarbanes Oxley

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On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal court of appeals decision, resolving a relatively recent federal appeals court split regarding the standard for liability in Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims....more

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A “Plaintiff-Friendly” Standard For SOX Whistleblowers – A Helping Hand For FCA Relators?

On February 8, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660 (U.S. 2024) restoring a $900K jury verdict in favor of a whistleblower under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Sides with SOX Whistleblower in Murray v. UBS Securities

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On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that an employee who blows the whistle under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) does not need to show that their employer had retaliatory intent to find...more

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Supreme Court Confirms Corporate Whistleblowers Don't Have to Prove Retaliatory Intent

Tackling the tricky issue of how a plaintiff proves an employer's “intent,” in an opinion issued today, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, corporate whistleblowers have...more

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