Conscripting attorneys to battle corporate fraud without shields or armor? Reconsidering retaliatory discharge in light of Sarbanes-Oxley.

Michigan Law Review, October, 2006 by Vu, Kim T.

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
INTRODUCTION 
    I.  EXAMINING THREE APPROACHES TO RETALIATORY 
        DISCHARGE SUITS BY ATTORNEYS 
   II.  READING SARBANES-OXLEY [section] 806 PROPERLY PROVIDES 
        PROTECTION TO ATTORNEYS REPORTING UNDER [section] 307 
        A. The Plain Meaning of "Employee" under [section] 806 
           and the OSHA Regulations Includes In-House 
           Counsel and Outside Attorneys 
        B. Reading SOX as a Consistent Whole Supports 
           Connecting [section] 806 with [section] 307 
        C. Legislative History Indicates [section] 806 Covers 
           Reporting Attorneys 
        D. Policy Considerations Support Interpreting [section] 806 
           to Protect Attorneys 
  III.  REJECTING THE TRADITIONAL VIEW IN THE CONTEXT 
        OF...

            
        
    
    	    
                
                
	

		

					 
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