U.S. High Court: Retaliatory Intent Not Required For SOX Whistleblower Provision

(February 8, 2024, 11:11 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A whistleblower who invokes the anti-retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) must show that his or her protected activity contributed to an undesirable personnel action but does not need to show that the “employer acted with ‘retaliatory intent,’” a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 8....