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Recent SEC Whistleblower Awards Highlight Importance of Internal Reporting

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The SEC’s most recent whistleblower awards highlight the importance of internal reporting to a company’s compliance program and especially how a company investigates and responds to such reports.   On May 24, 2019, the SEC...more

Saul Ewing LLP

SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower Ends 2017 With a Bang

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Just in time for the holiday season, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) has brought joyful news to three whistleblowers who will receive substantial awards of over $8 million each to two...more

Brooks Pierce

Spuds MacKenzie Runs into FCPA/Whistleblower Buzzsaw

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Ha. I’m just kidding. I don’t think Spuds MacKenzie has been a thing for years. But his former patron, Anheuser-Busch InBev, ran into some FCPA problems last month, and tacked on a whistleblower charge for good measure....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

SEC: It Doesn't Matter Where You Blow the Whistle

Why it matters - In a new rule interpretation, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared that whistleblowers that report allegedly unlawful activity internally are entitled to the same protections as those...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

SEC Guidance Supports its Position That Internal Whistleblowers are Protected Under Dodd-Frank

On August 4, 2015 the Securities and Exchange Commission issued interpretive guidance elaborating its view that the anti-retaliation provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act apply equally to...more

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