Sox Whistleblower Reach Expands

An Administrative Review Board of the U.S. Department of Labor recently expanded the rights of plaintiffs to obtain relief under the "Whistleblower" provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). In Klopfenstein v. PCC Flow Technologies Holdings, Inc. and Allen Parrott, ARB No. 04-149, ALJ No. 04-SOX-11(ARB May 31, 2006), the Administrative Review Board expanded the reach of the SOX Whistleblower protection statute (18 U.S.C.A.§1514A), reversing and remanding a case appealed from an ALJ.