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On January 28, 2016, OSHA issued a revised Whistleblower Investigations Manual ("Manual") outlining procedures for the handling of retaliation complaints under the various whistleblower statutes that OSHA oversees.

On March 19, 2018, the SEC announced three multi-million dollar awards to whistle-blowers to reward them for reporting misconduct.

On November 17, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that a company and its CEO violated Rule 21F-17 of the Exchange Act by entering into confidentiality agreements...

They proceeded to arbitration, filing a claim of retaliation under the New York Labor Law.

On October 22, 2020, the SEC announced an award of over $114 million to a whistleblower who, after reporting internally to their employer, provided the SEC with information and assistance that led...

Typically, officers, directors, trustees and partners who learn about a fraud from another employee are not eligible for an award under the program.

The SEC issued approximately $6 million in awards to two whistleblowers for assisting SEC staff and furnishing information in connection with separate enforcement proceedings.

On August 4, 2023, the SEC announced payment of more than $104 million to seven whistleblowers who provided the SEC with information and assistance...

On April 1, 2015, the SEC announced an enforcement action—the first of its kind—against KBR, Inc., for requiring employees involved in internal investigations to maintain confidentiality, which is in violation of the SEC's whistleblower rules.

On May 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") awarded $279 million to a whistleblower, the agency's largest single whistleblower award in its history.

On January 6, 2017, the SEC announced the first whistleblower award this year.

On June 9, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it awarded over $17 million to an ex-employee of a financial services firm.

This is an important legal development as the SEC has made clear in a recent press release that it "will vigorously enforce this provision."

The SEC awarded $3 million to whistleblowers whose tip led to the launch of an SEC investigation and a subsequent successful enforcement action.

Under the " Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act" (the Bill), which the U.S. Senate approved on April 28, 2015, whistleblower protections and bounties would be available to individuals...

A recent Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) quoted Michele Wein Layne, Regional Director of the LA office of the SEC, when she addressed the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower Bounty Program at the American Bar Association’s annual conference.

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a job applicant lacks standing to bring whistle-blower claims under the Energy Reorganization Act and the False Claims Act ("FCA") because those laws’ retaliation provisions apply only to employees.

On April 17, 2026, in Potyondy v. Pacific Coast Energy Co. (No. 2:24-CV-09151), the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment on a SOX...