( October 29, 2024, 8:09 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A majority of a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that two former Exxon Mobil Corp. employees who allege that they were fired in violation of federal whistleblower protection laws failed to establish a mootness exception to maintain standing after they invoked the kick-out provision in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), which led to an administrative law judge dismissing the administrative proceedings, but one judge dissented, questioning whether any district court has the jurisdiction to enforce noncompliance of a reinstatement order....