The court unanimously threw out a lawsuit against Digital Realty Trust Inc. by a former company official who was fired after complaining internally about alleged violations of federal securities laws.
Writing for the court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Dodd-Frank authorized whistle-blower lawsuits only by people who had reported the alleged misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Lower courts had been divided on the issue.
via U.S. Supreme Court Trims Corporate Whistle-Blower Protections – Bloomberg
