Investment Advisory Firm and Former CEO Ordered to Pay SEC Over $2 Million
On July 1, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of...
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Japan Amends Whistleblower Protection Act
This summer, Japan passed amendments to its Whistleblower Protection Act to broaden the scope of whistleblower protections and ensure proper...
Department of Labor Report Finds OSHA Must Improve Handling of Whistleblower Complaints
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) must improve its handling of whistleblower complaints during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according...
Perpetrators of Forex Fraud Scheme to Pay CFTC Nearly $1.3 Million
On July 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a court order of default judgment in its case...
Whistleblower Attorney Warns Proposed “Soft Cap” on SEC Whistleblower Awards Could Undermine Whistleblower Program’s Deterrent Effect
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon vote on proposed amendments to the agency’s highly successful whistleblower program. ...
SEC Cancels Vote on Proposed Changes to Whistleblower Program
Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cancelled a scheduled vote on proposed changes to the agency’s whistleblower reward...
The Bank of Nova Scotia Will Pay CFTC a Record-Setting $127.4 Million for Spoofing, False Statements, and Swap Dealer Compliance and Supervision Violations
On August 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued three orders filing and settling charges against The Bank of...
SEC to Vote on Controversial Amendments to Whistleblower Program
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. on September 2 to vote on...
New York Mercantile Exchange to Pay CFTC $4 Million for Disclosing Material Non-Public Information
On August 4, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that a judge had entered a consent order resolving...
SEC Charges Blockchain Services Company with Conducting Unregistered Initial Coin Offering
In May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged blockchain services company BitClave PTE Ltd. (BitClave) for an unregistered...
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