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Paying Too Dearly For A Whistle: Properly Protecting Internal Whistleblowers, Leonardo Labriola
Paying Too Dearly For A Whistle: Properly Protecting Internal Whistleblowers, Leonardo Labriola
Fordham Law Review
In light of substantial disagreement among the circuits on which types of whistleblowers Dodd-Frank intends to protect, and newly proposed legislation which suggests a solution, this Note inspects Dodd-Frank’s whistleblower protections in an effort to better explain which types of Business Organizations whistleblowers should and should not be protected. This Note briefly outlines the United States’s repeated history of increased regulation following financial crises, culminating in the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts. It then describes the goals that motivated these acts and how whistleblowers play an outsized role in accomplishing those goals. It also examines the critical statute for Business Organizations …