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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

Ninth Circuit Holds that Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing

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 … Continued

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 for falsely reporting “record” revenue numbers to investors and claiming … Continued

Accounting Fraud SEC Whistleblower Attorneys

Accounting Fraud SEC Enforcement Action On March 3, 2017, the SEC announced that homebuilding company Desarrolladora Homex S.A.B. de C.V. (Homex) has agreed to settle … Continued

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, the SEC pays awards to whistleblowers who provide original information, … Continued

5 Tips for SEC Whistleblowers to Get SEC Whistleblower Awards

Qualifying for an SEC Whistleblower Award: Lessons Learned from SEC Whistleblower Award Determinations The SEC Whistleblower Program has issued more than $1.9 billion in … Continued

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 often face – whether they can use confidential company documents … Continued

SEC Targeting Investment Adviser Fraud

On February 2, 2017, the SEC charged an investment advisory business and its owner, Mark Varacchi, with stealing at least $3.9 million from investors. According … Continued

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 not eligible for awards under the SEC Whistleblower Program. In certain … Continued

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 on the same action against the same entities. One whistleblower … Continued

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 factors that cause an SEC whistleblower reward claim to succeed or fail. … Continued

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 Journal titled “Could Donald Trump’s SEC Soften Enforcement of Severance … Continued

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