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LAWSON v. FMR LLC

No. 12-3.

134 S.Ct. 1158 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 158

Jackie Hosang LAWSON and Jonathan M. Zang, Petitioners v. FMR LLC et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Schnapper , Seattle, WA, for the petitioners.

Nicole A. Saharsky , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Mark A. Perry , Washington, DC, for the respondents.

Eric Schnapper , Counsel of Record, Seattle, WA, Indira Talwani , Segal Roitman, LLP, Boston, MA, Kevin G. Powers , Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz, LLP, Boston, MA, Counsel for Petitioners.

Stephen M. Shapiro , Timothy S. Bishop , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, Mark A. Perry , Counsel of Record, Porter N. Wilkinson , Geoffrey C. Weien , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Rachel S. Brass , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA, Counsel for Respondents.

Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court.

To safeguard investors in public companies and restore trust in the financial markets following the collapse of Enron Corporation, Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 116 Stat. 745. See S.Rep. No. 107-146, pp. 2-11 (2002). A provision of the Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, protects whistleblowers. Section 1514A, at the time here relevant, instructed:

"No [public] company ..., or any officer, employee...

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