Exxon, Whistleblowers Spar Over Reinstatement Order Enforcement

Exxon Mobil Corp. and two of its former computational scientists will argue before a federal appeals court over whether courts can enforce preliminary US Labor Department orders in whistleblower cases.

Attorneys for Exxon and former employees Lindsey Gulden and Damian Burch are set to square off at oral arguments Wednesday in the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit over a federal district judge’s refusal to enforce a reinstatement order from the DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The judge determined that he lacked jurisdiction under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to enforce the order while final agency action on the ...