SEC Whistleblower Rules Archives

How to Identify and Report a Ponzi Scheme

Ponzi Schemes at Highest Level in a Decade A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud that leads investors to believe the “returns” on their … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Program Releases 2019 Annual Report

SEC Whistleblower Program’s Continued Success in 2019 The SEC Whistleblower Program’s 2019 Annual Report to Congress reveals that SEC whistleblower awards have proven to be … Continued

Whistleblower Lawyer Will Speak at ABA Conference About Developments in Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Act Litigation

Whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman will speak at the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law 13th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference on a panel … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Matt Stock Quoted About SEC Whistleblower Claims

Law360 interviewed SEC whistleblower lawyer Matt Stock, Director of the Whistleblower Rewards Practice at Zuckerman Law, for an article titled Publicizing Whistleblower Claims Doesn’t Always Pay … 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

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 Zuckerman recently participated in an online discussion addressing whether whistleblowing measures should be strengthened. Zuckerman Law, which represents SEC whistleblowers worldwide, … Continued