SEC Whistleblower Rules Archives

How to Report Accounting Fraud and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

SEC Targets Accounting Fraud in Financial Reporting In the early 2000s, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was abruptly reminded about the dangers of accounting … Continued

How to Report a Ponzi Scheme and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award

Ponzi Schemes and the SEC Whistleblower Program Ten years have passed since the collapse of Bernard Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, which played a major role … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Participates in Forum About SEC Whistleblower Incentives

Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckermanparticipated in a symposium at Fordham Law titled What Would We Do Without Them: Whistleblowers in the Era of Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank. The Fordham … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Participates in Online Debate About Whistleblower Incentives

SEC whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckermanrecently participated in an online discussion addressing whether whistleblowing measures should be strengthened. Zuckerman Law, which represents SEC whistleblowers worldwide, noted … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Speaks on Panel About Developments at SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Offices

SEC whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman will be speaking at the 2018 Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund Annual Conference on a panel addressing developments at the SEC … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Lawyers Comment on Proposed SEC Whistleblower Rules

In conjunction with colleagues at the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Government Accountability Project and Public Citizen, SEC whistleblower law firm Zuckerman Law helped prepare … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Will Speak at Bloomberg BNA Webinar About SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Reward Programs

SEC whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckermanwill speak at a BNA Bloomberg webinar on September 24, 2018 titled New Developments in the SEC and CFTC Whistleblower Programs: … Continued

SEC to Whistleblowers: Report Promptly and Expect a Minimal Award if You are Culpable

On September 14, 2018, the SEC awarded more than $1.5 million to a whistleblower, an amount that was “severely reduced” due to the whistleblower’s delay … Continued

Are whistleblowing executives protected against retaliation?

Yesterday, The New York Times reported that a top Goldman Sachs partner was ousted for raising ethics concerns. According to the article, James Katzman, a … Continued

Order Awarding $54 Million to Two SEC Whistleblowers Provides Three Lessons for Whistleblowers

SEC Announces Second-Largest Award in the History of the SEC Whistleblower Program On September 6, 2018, the SEC issued an order awarding a total of … Continued

SEC Proposes Amendments to SEC Whistleblower Rules

SEC Proposes Amendments to SEC Whistleblower Rules On June 28, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed amendments to the rules governing … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Cases Resulting in Successful Award Claims

SEC Whistleblower Cases Resulting in Successful Award Claims Fraudsters brace for impact. Since 2011, SEC whistleblower cases have enabled the Commission to recover more than $1.7 billion … Continued