On September 14, 2018, the SEC awarded more than $1.5 million to a whistleblower, an amount that was “severely reduced” due to the whistleblower’s delay … Continued
According to the Ethics and Compliance Initiative’s 2018 Global Business Ethics Survey, 58% of top managers at companies experienced retaliation for raising ethics or … Continued
SEC Announces Second-Largest Award in the History of the SEC Whistleblower Program On September 6, 2018, the SEC issued an order awarding a total of … Continued
Update: On September 23, 2020, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. See our post: SEC Adopts Amendments to Whistleblower Rules … Continued
SEC Whistleblower Cases Resulting in SEC Whistleblower Awards Since 2012, SEC whistleblower cases have resulted in more than $1.7 billion in awards to whistleblowers, which includes … Continued
SEC Whistleblower Rules to Maximize an Award The SEC Whistleblower Program has awarded more than $1.3 billion to whistleblowers since 2012. Our experience successfully navigating … Continued
Quiros to Pay $84 Million for EB-5 Investment Fraud On February 2, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an $84 million settlement … Continued
Tips for SEC Whistleblowers to Qualify for a Whistleblower Award Risk & Compliance magazine, which reports about international developments in corporate risk management and regulatory … Continued
Guide for Cybersecurity Whistleblowers Whistleblower lawyer Dallas Hammer has published a Practitioner’s Guide to Cybersecurity Whistleblowing. The guide can be downloaded here. The guide summarizes rewards and … Continued
In 2017, whistleblower reward laws continued to supercharge anti-fraud enforcement and protect taxpayers and investors. Whistleblower False Claims Act Lawsuits Yield $3.4 Billion in … Continued
Top Whistleblower Lawyers Washingtonian magazine named Eric Bachman and Jason Zuckerman among the top whistleblower lawyers in its top lawyers’ edition. Washingtonian compiles its list … Continued
A Law360 article titled “SEC Whistleblower Program Ain’t Broke — So Don’t ‘Fix’ It” quotes SEC whistleblower lawyer Jason Zuckerman about the success of the SEC … Continued