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Whistleblower Program
178 published works
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
SEC Releases FY 2021 Whistleblower Program Annual Report
By Steven J. Pearlman, Pinchos Goldberg, Shanice Z. Smith-Banks
On November 15, 2021, the SEC published its annual report to Congress covering the period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. The report was prepared by the SEC’s…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
NHTSA Whistleblower Program Issues First Award
This November, the NHTSA put the auto industry on notice. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Whistleblower Program has issued its first ever whistleblower award. Whistleblower Kim Gwang-ho…
FCPA Professor
Does The SEC Even Need A Specific FCPA Unit?
By Mike Koehler
When you run a daily website such as this for 12 years there is sometimes a cycle of coverage. For instance, over the years November posts typically include the fact…
The D&O Diary
Record-Setting Year for SEC Whistleblower Program
By almost any measure, Fiscal Year 2021 (ended September 30, 2021) was a watershed year in the history of the SEC’s Whistleblower program. According to the recently published annual report…
Corporate Governance & Internal Investigations Advisor
SEC Reports Significant Increases In FY2021 Whistleblower Program
Fiscal Year 2021 was a record year for the Whistleblower Program (the “Program”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”). The Commission released its 2021…
The SEC Institute Blog
Whistleblowing – Compliance and Reporting Systems
The unparalleled success of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program in uncovering hidden financial crimes and achieving successful enforcement has been well publicized. In this September 21, 2021, blog post we highlight…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Bars Two Individuals from Whistleblower Award Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has barred two individuals from the SEC's whistleblower award program, each of whom filed hundreds of frivolous award applications. The bars…
The SEC Institute Blog
SEC Whistleblower Program Achieves $1 Billion Milestone
The SEC’s very successful whistleblower program has, as of September 15, 2021, paid out over $1 Billion in awards. As you can read in this Press Release, the first award…
SEC Actions
This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of August 9, 2021)
The Whistleblower Program became a matter of discussion among the Commissioners last week. Chair Gensler directed the staff to prepare potential revisions regarding two points adopted last fall. One concerned…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Issues Whistleblower Awards Totaling More Than $4 Million
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $4 million to four whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in two separate enforcement proceedings. In the first order,…