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Employer Liability Issues Anti-Retaliation Provisions Whistleblower Awards

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Companies Subject to U.S. Jurisdiction Should not Restrict Personnel from Being SEC Whistleblowers, or Receiving SEC Whistleblower...

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SEC rules prohibit taking “any action” to impede an individual from communicating directly with the SEC about a possible securities law violation, including by enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a confidentiality...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: SEC Cracks Down on Private Companies for Violating Whistleblower Protections - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we’re focusing on three recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges against employers for violating whistleblower protection laws and how all employers should take extra steps to ensure compliance in...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

SEC Considers Tweaks to Whistleblower Program

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering changes to its billion-dollar whistleblower program with two amendments. First, a tweak to Rule 21F-3 would give the agency the discretion to pay whistleblower...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

SEC Proposes Amendments to Whistleblower Program Rules, Which May Lead to More SEC Tips

On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced two proposed amendments to its whistleblower program rules. As we previously reported, a closely divided SEC adopted a final rule implementing...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Whistleblower Regulations Increasing, #MeToo Bill Passes, Cyberfraud Risk Mitigation - Employment Law This...

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This week, we focus on new developments increasing whistleblower protections across the country and prohibiting mandatory arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims. Increased Whistleblowing Regulations in New...more

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A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments - July 2018

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Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include: New...more

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CFTC Proposes Amendments to Whistleblower Awards Process and Anti-Retaliation Authority

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The amendments would make the CFTC’s whistleblower awards process more uniform with the SEC’s program and would enable the CFTC to bring enforcement actions against employers that retaliate against whistleblowers....more

Brooks Pierce

SEC Comments on Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Provisions/Internal Reporting

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In the wake of Dodd-Frank’s passage in July 2010, many companies and corporate organizations lobbied the SEC on its upcoming whistleblower rules. One of their specific goals was to require whistleblowers, to be eligible for...more

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The SEC’s Interpretative Guidance on Internal Whistleblowing Under the Dodd-Frank Act

On August 4, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive rule stating that whistleblowers who report misconduct internally—not just those who report to the SEC—are protected by the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Recent Investment Management Developments - June 2015

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In This Issue: - SEC Proposes Changes to Reporting and Disclosure Obligations for Investment Companies and Advisers - SEC Charges Hedge Fund Executives and External Auditor for Improper Disclosure of Expense...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Gives Maximum Award in First Whistleblower Retaliation Case

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On April 28, 2015, the SEC announced that it awarded a whistleblower the maximum award of 30 percent of the amounts collected in connection with the SEC’s first anti-retaliation case. The whistleblower received more than...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Yes, Foreigners Can be Whistleblowers

The SEC announced that its largest ever whistleblower award estimated to be worth more than $30 million will be paid to a resident of a foreign country. While the eligibility of foreign residents for a whistleblower award...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The SEC Whistleblower Program

On Oct. 1, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had awarded more than $14 million to an unidentified whistleblower who provided information leading to a successful enforcement action — by far...more

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