Recently a second U.S. Court of Appeals looked at the question of whether a whistleblower who reports concerns internally to a company rather than going to the SEC directly, can claim protections under the Whistleblower Protections under the Dodd-Frank Act. In the case of Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals found that employees who reported suspected illegal conduct to their employers rather than to the SEC are entitled to the anti-retaliation protections afforded under Dodd-Frank.
