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On October 24, 2014, in Khazin v. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp, et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral argument on an issue of first impression.

. . . we recorded our webinar on CA's new employment laws. Although the pandemic led to a slowdown for many, not so for the California legislature.

The SEC announced two whistleblowing cases in April 2015. In the first case, the SEC issued a whistleblowing award between USD 1.4 and 1.6 million.

The action is significant because the SEC was targeting seemingly innocuous language in a confidentiality agreement and there were no allegations that the company, KBR, Inc., was otherwise breaking the law.

Proskauer's Private Investment Funds Group today released its 2018 Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds.

In a unanimous ruling in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed whistleblower protections in the Dodd-Frank Act that shield employees who report potential securities law violations.

On July 21, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the whistleblower protections established in SOX are not restricted to employee whistleblowers, ...

On Friday, July 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will award more than $3 million to a company insider who helped the SEC "crack a complex fraud."

The SEC awarded a total of almost $3 million to two whistleblowers for providing original information that led to two separate successful enforcement actions.

The SEC awarded $3.8 million to a whistleblower for providing information that led to a successful enforcement action.

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission released an Order Determining Whistleblower Award Claim holding that the whistleblower's award should be reduced to 20% of the monetary sanctions...

On November 4, 2019, the SEC announced that it had filed an amended complaint against online auction portal Collectors Café and CEO Mykalai Kontilai, alleging Kontilai tried to prevent investors

Last week the SEC announced that, for the first time, it had made a whistleblower award to an employee who performs audit and compliance functions at a company.

On February 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed two amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program, Exchange Act Rules 21F-3 and 6.

The Supreme Court narrowed the definition of the term "whistleblower" and excluded internal whistleblowers from the anti-retaliation protections provided under Dodd-Frank (see previous coverage).

On Monday, September 22, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award to an anonymous foreign whistleblower of an estimated $30 million-plus payment that more than doubles the largest previous amount.

The case is on appeal from Southern District of New York decision in which the judge dismissed anti-retaliation claims for failure to state a claim...