securities fraud whistleblower Archives

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 … Continued

SEC Whistleblower Program: Exposing Insider Trading

SEC’s Increased Focus on Insider Trading On March 23, 2017, a New York federal judge granted a temporary asset freeze against the assets of a … Continued

SEC Advocates Broad Construction of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Provision

SEC Advocates Broad Construction of Whistleblower Protection Provision in Dodd-Frank Act The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continues to advocate a broad … Continued

NJ District Court Holds that Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing

As discussed in a prior post on this blog, there is a spit of authority about whether the whistleblower protection provision of the Dodd-Frank Act … Continued

CFO Magazine Quotes Whistleblower Attorney Jason Zuckerman About Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules

SEC Whistleblower Attorney Quoted About Success of SEC Whistleblower Incentives An article in CFO titled Whistle-blower Debate Heats Up reports on SEC rules implementing the … Continued

Whistleblower Advocate Jason Zuckerman Discusses Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections

UPDATE: In Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, the Supreme Court clarified the scope of the whistleblower protection provision of the Dodd-Frank Act. Click here to learn … Continued