A law that was designed to protect whistleblowers who reveal corporate fraud has produced robust victories for employers, which have plaintiffs lawyers and employee-rights advocates reeling.
Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 — which offers corporate whistleblowers protection from retaliation — about 1,000 claims have been filed, but only 17 have been found to have merit, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics.
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