If you think the SEC's rule is an obvious construction of Dodd-Frank's statutory language, think again. The confusion lies in the disparity between the whistle-blower provisions in Dodd-Frank and those in Sarbanes-Oxley, which is more concerned with internal reporting than blowing the whistle to the SEC. Both laws include reporting procedures and anti-retaliation protection, but the specific provisions are different. Sarbanes-Oxley, for instance, requires employees to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing a federal court action for retaliation. It also has a 180-day statute of limitations and restricts employees' recovery to back pay, as opposed to Dodd-Frank, which has a six-year statute and allows double-pay claims. So, as?Jackson Lewis?noted last November in a??a Dodd-Frank whistle-blower retaliation suit against a company called Trans-Lux, if the SEC meant for everyone with a potential retaliation claim under Sarbanes-Oxley to sue instead under Dodd-Frank, it was impermissibly overriding SOX and congressional intent.