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The SEC whistleblower program offers individuals a confidential pathway to report securities law violations while protecting their identity and employment. Understanding what qualifies as original information, how to properly submit a tip, and the legal protections available can determine whether a whistleblower receives substantial monetary awards ranging from 10% to 30% of sanctions collected.

On Thursday June 9, 2016 the SEC announced that it would be paying $17 million to an individual who provided information the SEC used in proceedings against the individual's former employer.

The SEC's whistleblower chief cautioned in-house attorneys who draft contracts incentivizing employees to report securities fraud complaints in-house.

Since the Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower-program went into effect on July 21, 2010, the SEC has processed more than 25,000 tips and awarded over $2 billion to whistleblowers.

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

"Record breaking" is how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) described its whistleblower program results in FY 2021, and it's not hard to see why.

As reported by Ryan Barber of the National Law Journal, the Trump administration could change the trajectory of the SEC whistleblower office, potentially halting the SEC's recent strict scrutiny...

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

Under the Securities and Exchange Commission's new whistleblower program, individuals who report potential securities violations to the SEC may be entitled to a reward of between 10 and 30 percent of any monetary recovery exceeding $1 million.

In an article published by the New York Times yesterday, Lloyd Chinn, Co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblower & Retaliation Group, commented on the recent efforts of some companies to strengthen their whistleblower compliance programs.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules to implement the whistleblower provisions of the recently passed Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Buried deep within President Obama’s historic new proposals to oversee and regulate the financial markets ("Financial Regulatory Reform, A New Foundation") is the outline of a provision that garnered no headlines but might well become the most effective new anti-fraud regulation of all: rewarding whistleblowers who disclose fraud cases to the United States Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The SEC has charged a Pennsylvania resident and his companies with running a $770 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of retail investors.

Canadian companies and their directors and officers should take stock of two recent whistleblower awards made by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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

A recent SEC announcement shows the continuing rewarding of whistleblowing in the US.

On September 30, 2013, the last day of the fiscal year, the SEC awarded more than $14 million to a tipster who provided details that led to a substantial recovery of investments in an enforcement action against Bank of the Commonwealth executives alleging a cover-up of loan portfolio losses by 64%.