Topic
Whistleblower Program
178 published works
Minding Your Business
SEC Issues $26M in Whistleblower Awards Over One-Month Period
In a clear sign of the increased awareness – and effectiveness – of the SEC’s whistleblower program, the SEC awarded five whistleblowers a total of over $26 million for their…
Workforce Bulletin
The SEC Awards $700,000 to External Whistleblower – Employment Law This Week
One of the featured stories on Employment Law This Week – Epstein Becker Green’s new video program – is the SEC reminder that their bounty program applies to external whistleblowers.…
Timely disclosure
Ontario Securities Commission Proposes Whistleblower Program
By John Sabetti
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has proposed OSC Policy 15-601 Whistleblower Program (Policy), which is designed to encourage individuals (whistleblowers) to report to the OSC information regarding serious misconduct related…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Publishes 2015 Whistleblower Report
By Jill Radloff
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Whistleblower Tips Rise Again in 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission released its 2015 Annual Report on its Whistleblower Program this week and announced another rise in the number of whistleblower tips that it received. The…
The D&O Diary
SEC Whistleblower Reports Continue to Increase
The number of whistleblower reports to the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank Act’s whistleblower provisions continues to increase, according to the agency’s latest annual report. The November…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Says there are (Almost) No Excuses for Late Whistleblowers
Asset Search Blog
Speaking Engagements
By Fred Abrams
New York County Lawyers' Association, 14 Vesey Street, N.Y. N.Y. 10036, October 13, 2015, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. This course "Whistleblowers, Secret Swiss Bank Accounts & Recovering Hidden Assets"…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
OIG’s Audit Of OSHA Whistleblower Programs
By Steven J. Pearlman, Edward Young
On September 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published the findings of its audit of OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Programs (Whistleblower Programs). The audit…
Subject to Inquiry
SEC’s Whistleblower Program Awards Over $3 million to Company Insider
By Government Investigations Group
On Friday, July 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will award more than $3 million to a company insider who helped the SEC “crack a complex…