An appellate court in Oregon has reversed a trial court decision holding that complaints of wrongdoing disclosed to the managers doing wrong are not protected by the state’s whistleblower protection statute. A trial court had held that an employee of a nonprofit irrigation district who had expressed concerns about mismanagement and violation of board policies and other rules and regulations to her managers had not made a proper “disclosure” to obtain protection of the law. The Court of Appeals of Oregon has reversed. Linda Seater was employed as a bookkeeper and office manager of the nonprofit Klamath Irrigation District. Over a period of time, she raised numerous issues with management...