Law360, New York ( April 19, 2016, 11:16 AM EDT) -- Recent months have seen a number of significant developments involving the many federal and state statutes protecting whistleblowers. For the most part, these developments have involved expansion of the protections afforded to employees who complain of unlawful conduct by their employers. Chief among these was the Second Circuit's decision in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC, in which the court disagreed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and held that the Dodd-Frank Act's anti-retaliation provision protects employees who file internal complaints with their employers, not just those who file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....