Legal Opinion
Khaled Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2013No. 12-20522PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Khaled Asadi (“Asa-di”) filed a complaint alleging that Defendant-Appellee G.E. Energy (USA), L.L.C. (“GE Energy”) violated the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-6(h) (the “whistleblower-pro-tection provision”), by terminating him after he made an internal report of a possible securities law violation. The district court granted GE Energy’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Because Asadi was not a “whistleblower” under Dodd-Frank, we AFFIRM.
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