Court weighs whistleblower retaliation claim

A financial strategist who said he was fired for complaining about alleged efforts to influence his published research sued his employer, claiming the company violated Dodd-Frank provisions intended to protect whistleblowers from retaliation. The company urged a federal court to dismiss the claim, arguing that because the employee did not report his concerns to the Securities and Exchange Commission, he was not a “whistleblower” for the purposes of the act’s anti-retaliation provisions. Read on to learn what the court decided.