Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Archives

SEC Enforcement Report Underscores the Role of Whistleblowers in Detecting Wrongdoing and Protecting Investors

Today the SEC Division of Enforcement issued its annual report for FY 2020. Although the number of cases that the SEC filed declined as compared … Continued

Whistleblower Retaliation Lawyer Will Speak at Webinar About Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower retaliation lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at a National Business Institute webinar about Whistleblower Law and Retaliation Claims on August 12, 2020. Click here to … Continued

Top 6 Reasons Why the SEC Whistleblower Program Is Successful

Top 6 Reasons Why the SEC Whistleblower Program Is Successful In response to the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act on July … Continued

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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation Strengthening Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Improving the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs

Senators Baldwin, Durbin, Ernst, and Grassley introduced S. 2529, the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA), which would protect corporate whistleblowers who report potential securities or … Continued

Facebook SEC Enforcement Action Has Important Implications for Cybersecurity Whistleblowing

On July 24th, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Facebook, Inc. has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve charges that Facebook made … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Interviewed About SEC Whistleblower Application Process

An article in law.com’s Compliance Hot Spots newsletter titled SEC Tells Whistleblower: Wait a Minute reports that an anonymous whistleblower is seeking an order from the … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at Corporate Whistleblowing Program

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the Practicing Law Institute seminar Corporate Whistleblowing in 2019. To register, click here. Zuckerman will speak on a … Continued

Report Channel Stuffing and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

What is Channel Stuffing? Channel stuffing is an improper revenue recognition practice in which a company fraudulently inflates its sales and earnings by sending excessive … Continued

$4.5M SEC Whistleblower Award Underscores Incentives to Report Internally

$4.5M SEC Whistleblower Award Underscores Incentives to Report Internally On May 24, 2019, the SEC awarded $4.5M to a whistleblower whose disclosures to his employer … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at NY Employment Lawyers Association Conference

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the New York Employment Lawyers Association’s conference on a panel titled Navigating the Maze of Whistleblower Laws. This … Continued

House Passes Legislation Strengthening Protections for Corporate Whistleblowers

Bipartisan Support for Restoring Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection for Internal Disclosures By an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 410-12, the House passed the Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Zuckerman Will Speak on ABA Panel About Whistleblower Claims

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee 2019 Mid-Winter Meeting on a … Continued