Worker, U.S. To High Court: Retaliatory Intent Not Needed In SOX Whistleblower Suit

(July 12, 2023, 1:48 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A strategist who sued his employer under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s (SOX) whistleblower protection provision refiled his petitioner brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on July 11 with “minor charges,” arguing that proof of “retaliatory intent” is not needed; the employee’s position was supported by a recent amicus brief filed by the United States....