NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS v. U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 17-1811, No. 17-2204.

927 F.3d 226 (2019)

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD, Respondent, v. Crisell Seguin, Intervenor. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Petitioner, v. United States Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board, Respondent, v. Crisell Seguin, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 13, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David William Ogden , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Sarah Kay Marcus , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Lincoln O. Bisbee , P. David Larson , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kelly P. Dunbar , Emily F. Gomez , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Kate S. O'Scannlain , Solictor of Labor, Jennifer S. Brand , Associate Solicitor, William C. Lesser , Deputy Associate Solicitor, Megan E. Guenther , Counsel for Whistleblower Programs, Office of the Solicitor, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Granted, vacated and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Keenan joined.


In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX").1 SOX provides several provisions protecting shareholders in public companies, including whistleblower protection. The whistleblower protection provision prohibits employers in public companies...

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