U.S. judge tosses whistleblower lawsuit in latest split over protection

In a recent decision in which a judge ruled that a whistleblower did not qualify for whistleblower protections under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reforms because he did not report his concerns to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) before the retaliation is said to have “exacerbated” a split among federal courts about the reach of whistleblower protections.

“Whistleblowers are vulnerable,” said Jordan, a former SEC lawyer who chairs the whistleblower practice at [prior firm]. “Whistleblowers shouldn’t have to make these sorts of decisions without being fully informed of the state of the law, and the state of the law is unsettled.”