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SEC Again Cracks Down on Companies That Restrict Whistleblowers

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As discussed in our December 15, 2023 client alert, the SEC has waged an aggressive effort to enforce alleged violations of the whistleblower protection rule.  On September 9, 2024, the SEC announced settled charges resulting...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#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

McDermott Will & Emery

Whistleblower Update - Implementation into national law (“HinSchG“)

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Düsseldorf, June 14, 2023 – The Act Implementing the Whistleblower Directive (“Whistleblower Protection Act”- HinSchG) was promulgated on June 02, 2023, and comes into force one month after promulgation on July 02, 2023....more

Dechert LLP

United States: U.S. Supreme Court Dramatically Expands Whistleblower Law

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On March 4, 2014, the U.S. Supreme court in Lawson v. FMR, LLC, 134 S.Ct. 1158, held in a 6-3 decision that employees of a private company that is a contractor or subcontractor of public company are entitled to whistleblower...more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Supreme Court Expands Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection to Employees of Private Companies

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In 2002, after corporate fraud at Enron led to the company's collapse, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Under SOX's main whistleblower protection provision, an employee of a publicly traded company who claims...more

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Supreme Court Expands SOX Whistleblower Protection

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Yesterday, in a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision greatly expanding the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to cover employees of private entities contracting with publicly...more

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