{"id":3223,"date":"2014-03-19T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2020-09-23T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T02:43:22","slug":"whistleblower-expansions-continue-sox-covers-subcontractor-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/whistleblower-expansions-continue-sox-covers-subcontractor-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower Expansions Continue: SOX Covers Subcontractor Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Whistleblower protections continue to expand with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in <i>Lawson v. 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