Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC

Decided February 8, 2024. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-660 · 601 U.S. 23 · Cited 14 times

A whistleblower seeking to invoke the protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—18 U. S. C. §1514A(a)—must prove that their protected activity was a contributing factor in the employer’s unfavorable personnel action, but need not prove that the employer acted with “retaliatory intent.”

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