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Ninth Circuit Holds that Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing

Ninth Circuit Holds that Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing

  UPDATE: In Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, the Supreme Court clarified the scope…

7 years ago

Securities Fraud Enforcement Action Prompts the Question: What Was the Company Smoking?

On March 9, 2017, the SEC charged a California-based marijuana company, Medbox, with securities fraud…

7 years ago

Accounting Fraud SEC Whistleblower Attorneys

Accounting Fraud SEC Enforcement Action On March 3, 2017, the SEC announced that homebuilding company…

7 years ago

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,…

7 years ago

5 Tips for SEC Whistleblowers to Get SEC Whistleblower Awards

  Qualifying for an SEC Whistleblower Award: Lessons Learned from SEC Whistleblower Award Determinations The…

7 years ago

Court Rules that Whistleblowers Can Use Confidential Company Documents to Expose Fraud

A whistleblower achieved a significant win on a critical challenge that nearly all corporate whistleblowers…

7 years ago

SEC Targeting Investment Adviser Fraud

On February 2, 2017, the SEC charged an investment advisory business and its owner, Mark…

7 years ago

Compliance Personnel, Auditors, Officers and Directors Can Obtain SEC Whistleblower Awards

Many key compliance personnel, including internal auditors, external auditors, officers, and directors may incorrectly assume that they are…

7 years ago

A Tale of Two Whistleblowers: Lessons Learned from December 2016 SEC Whistleblower Award

On December 5, 2016, the SEC issued an award determination resolving two whistleblowers’ claims based…

7 years ago

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Dallas Hammer Quoted About SEC Whistleblower Program

A Bloomberg BNA article titled SEC Whistle-Blower Awards: No Guarantees quotes SEC whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer’s insights about…

7 years ago

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Quoted in National Law Journal About SEC Whistleblower Program

SEC Whistleblower Lawyer Notes Success of SEC Whistleblower Program An article in the National Law…

7 years ago

New Administration Should Avoid Gutting the SEC’s Remarkably Successful Whistleblower Reward Program

Press reports indicate that a repeal of the Dodd-Frank Act is among the top policy…

8 years ago