Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens AG

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub.L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010), includes a provision, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-6(h), that prohibits employers from retaliating against whistleblower employees who make certain protected disclosures. The instant case requires us to determine whether § 78u-6(h) protects a foreign worker employed *177abroad by a foreign corporation where all events related to the disclosures occurred abroad. Because (1) legislation is presumed to apply only domestically unless there is evidence Congress intended…