SEC whistleblower law requires original information about securities violations. Generic complaints don't qualify.

The term “whistleblower” generally refers to a person who anonymously reports suspected corporate misconduct to their employer or to law enforcement or regulatory authorities. This article focuses ...

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President Trump was elected with a mandate to reduce government waste and fraud. The Elon Musk–led Department of Government Efficiency has already made progress on this front, but the administration ...

Given the risks and unpleasant real life experiences of many whistleblowers on Wall Street, I firmly believe and recommended in my book that Congress should establish a privately staffed Office of ...

Until just over a month ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission had been relatively sparing in its awards this year under the SEC Whistleblower Program, leading many to question whether its ...

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Companies have learned, some the hard way, that even standard confidentiality or separation agreements can violate whistleblower protections if they lack explicit carve-outs for reporting to ...

Whistleblowers "should expect a more adversarial process—and prepare accordingly," Gesmer Updegrove partner Braeden Anderson wrote in a note to clients. A powerful incentive to rat out corporate ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel expressed doubt Monday that a whistleblower could receive million-dollar awards meant to incentivize tips to the Securities and Exchange Commission if they first ...

As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama promised to strengthen whistleblower laws for federal workers by speeding up the review process of claims, and granting whistleblowers full access to jury trials ...