The Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection provision shields in-house attorneys, even if they haven’t proved fraud occurred–and even if bringing the claim will violate attorney-client privilege, the 9th Circuit ruled.
Two former in-house attorneys, husband and wife Shawn and Lena Van Asdale, filed suit against Nevada-based gaming machine company International Game Technology (IGT), claiming it fired them in retaliation for calling out a possible shareholder fraud that occurred during a 2001 merger with Anchor Gaming.
