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SEC Whistleblower Attorney Interviewed About Record SEC Whistleblower Award

Leading SEC whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman was interviewed by Advisor Hub, a publication covering the wealth management industry, about a forthcoming announcement by the SEC of what will likely be the largest SEC whistleblower award, stemming from a $267 million enforcement action against JPMorgan for failing to disclose conflicts of interest to clients. According to an SEC press … Continued

SEC to Announce Largest SEC Whistleblower Award to Date

J.P. Morgan Whistleblowers to Split $61 Million Award The SEC Whistleblower Office is set to announce its largest SEC whistleblower award to date – more than $61 million to two J.P. Morgan whistleblowers. Under the SEC’s whistleblower program, whistleblowers are eligible for awards when they provide original information to the SEC that leads to successful SEC … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Attorneys Publish Column in Forbes About Success of SEC Whistleblower Reward Program

One Billion Reasons Why The SEC Whistleblower-Reward Program Is Effective SEC whistleblower attorneys Jason Zuckerman and Matthew Stock of Zuckerman Law, a leading whistleblower law firm that represents U.S. and international whistleblowers before the SEC, published a column in Forbes about the SEC’s Whistleblower-Reward Program. In the column, One Billion Reasons Why The SEC Whistleblower-Reward … Continued

Shkreli Trial Reveals the Challenges Faced by Compliance Whistleblowers

In September 2015, Martin Shkreli became infamous after his company purchased the rights to an AIDS drug (Daraprim) and increased its price from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill. This price gouging quickly earned Shkreli the title as “the most hated man in America.” Only a few months later, however, Shkreli got a … Continued

Money Laundering and the SEC Whistleblower Program

SEC Takes Aim at Broker-Dealers for Anti-Money Laundering Violations On June 5, 2017, the SEC charged brokerage firm Alpine Securities Corporation (Alpine) with securities law violations related to its ineffective anti-money laundering program. According to the SEC’s complaint, Alpine failed to adequately file suspicious activity reports (SARs) for at least 1,950 stock transactions that the … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Speaks At Seminar About Developments in Whistleblower Law

On June 28, 2017, Jason Zuckerman of Zuckerman Law spoke on a panel at the Practicing Law Institute’s Corporate Whistleblowing seminar alongside Renee Phillips, Co-Chair of Orrick’s Whistleblower Task Force, Jane Norberg, the head of the SEC’s Whistleblower Office, Christopher Ehrman, the head of the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office, and Teri Wigger, the assistant regional … Continued

Anonymous Whistleblowing: Does the SEC Whistleblower Program Protect a Whistleblower’s Identity?

Anonymous Whistleblowing to the SEC Under the SEC Whistleblower Program, the SEC will issue awards to whistleblowers who provide original information that leads to enforcement actions with total monetary sanctions in excess of $1 million. Unlike other whistleblower-reward programs, the SEC’s program allows whistleblowers to submit tips anonymously (if represented by an attorney). While this … Continued

Can Whistleblowers Disclose Secret Recordings to the SEC?

Many companies ban employees from making audio or video recordings in the workplace. Companies argue that these policies promote employee communication without the fear of being recorded. However, are these policies lawful? Can corporate whistleblowers provide recordings evidencing fraud to the SEC notwithstanding these policies? Taping and Disclosing Information to the SEC Can be Protected … Continued

Leading SEC Whistleblower Law Firm Featured in Article About Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits

NLJ Article About Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits An article in the National Law Journal titled Law Firms React to Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits discusses the substantial growth in whistleblower rewards and whistleblower retaliation claims and mentions Zuckerman Law’s leading SEC whistleblower practice. The article reports that several firms have expanded their whistleblower practices … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Attorney: Benefits of Experienced Representation

SEC Whistleblower Program In its short history, the SEC Whistleblower Program has already awarded more than $154 million to whistleblowers. Under the program, the SEC will issue awards to whistleblowers if they provide original information that leads to successful enforcement actions with total penalties in excess of $1 million. A whistleblower is eligible to receive … Continued

How to Report EB-5 Visa Fraud and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

Increase in EB-5 Visa Fraud The EB-5 investment program, also affectionately known as the EB-5 visa-for-investment program, has experienced a dramatic increase in fraud and misrepresentation in EB-5 advertisements, EB-5 regional centers, and EB-5 projects. In 2016 alone, the SEC brought enforcement actions against nearly $1 billion worth of fraudulent EB-5 projects. The most common … Continued

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SEC Whistleblower Attorneys Release eBook SEC Whistleblower Program: Tips from SEC Whistleblower Attorneys to Maximize an SEC Whistleblower Award

Zuckerman Law, one of the nation’s leading law firms representing whistleblowers in whistleblower rewards and whistleblower retaliation claims, has released a free eBook about the SEC’s Whistleblower Program. The SEC Whistleblower Program: Tips from SEC Whistleblower Attorneys to Maximize an SEC Whistleblower Award, which is available for download here, offers practical tips for whistleblowers and … Continued