Whistleblower Bounties Archives

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

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

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

Whistleblower Lawyer Hammer Quoted by Bloomberg About Rebound in Sarbanes Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer is quoted extensively in a Bloomberg BNA article titled Dodd-Frank Overhaul Could Spark Rebound in SOX Whistle-Blower Cases. Hammer provided Bloomberg with his insights about the likely impact of the Financial Choice Act on the Dodd-Frank SEC Whistleblower Program and the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Hammer made a few … Continued

Whistleblower Attorney Chairing CLE on Whistleblower Rights of Private Sector Employees

CLE on Whistleblower Rights of Private Sector Employees Washington DC Whistleblower attorney Jason Zuckerman is chairing a DC Bar CLE on the whistleblower rights of private sector employees on May 16, 2017 from 5:30 pm to 8:45 pm. Don’t miss this chance to catch up on recent developments under whistleblower reward and whistleblower protection laws, including … Continued

SEC Scrutinizes “Fake News” Stock Promotion Schemes

SEC Enforcement Action Targeting Stock Promotion Schemes On April 10, 2017, the SEC announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities for improper stock promotion schemes. According to the press release, the SEC uncovered scenarios in which public companies hired communication firms to generate publicity for their stocks, and the firms subsequently hired writers to … Continued

Accounting Fraud SEC Whistleblower Attorneys

Accounting Fraud SEC Enforcement Action On March 3, 2017, the SEC announced that homebuilding company Desarrolladora Homex S.A.B. de C.V. (Homex) has agreed to settle charges that it used accounting fraud to overstate its revenues by approximately $3.3 billion during a three-year period. According to the SEC’s complaint, the company reported fake sales of more … Continued

SEC Awards for Disclosures of Foreign Bribery or FCPA Violations

SEC Awards for Disclosures of Foreign Bribery or FCPA Violations Under the SEC Whistleblower Program, the SEC Whistleblower Office will issue awards to whistleblowers who provide original information that leads to enforcement actions with sanctions in excess of $1 million. A whistleblower is eligible to receive an award of between 10-30 percent of the total sanctions … Continued