Guest Post: The Second Circuit Creates A Circuit Split On Whistleblower Claim Standards

In the following guest post, Gregory A. Markel, Christopher F. Robertson, and David J. Winkler of the Seyfarth Shaw law firm take a look at the Second Circuit's August 5, 2022 decision in Murray v. UBS Securities LLC. As the authors discuss, the Second Circuit's ruling creates a split within the federal judicial circuits on the question of whether or not a SOX whistleblower retaliation claimant must prove retaliatory intent in order to prevail. I would like to thank the authors for allowing me to publish their article as a guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions from responsible authors on topics of interest to this blog's readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is the authors' article.