US Federal Appeals Court holds that the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions do not apply extraterritorially

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens AG, 13-4385-cv (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 14, 2014) upheld a lower-court's decision to grant Defendant Siemens' motion to dismiss a claim alleging wrongful termination brought by Taiwanese resident, Liu Meng-Lin, a former employee of Siemens China.  The Second Circuit held that the Dodd-Frank whistleblower anti-retaliation provision relied upon by Mr Liu did not apply extraterritorially, to a non-US citizen employed abroad by a foreign company, where all events allegedly giving rise to the liability occurred outside the United States.  To read the briefing prepared by our team in New York, click here.