Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers, in which it unanimously held that Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation provisions don’t count if the case involves a violation of securities law that has not been reported to the SEC first. While the decision is a victory for employers, corporate America will certainly lose the war of engendering employee trust, creating better and more robust compliance and even saving themselves greater fines and penalties when the SEC comes knocking.
