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SEC Office of the Whistleblower Posts Nineteen New Notices of Covered Actions
On October 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted nineteen new Notices of Covered Actions (NCAs). Each NCA relates to a specific SEC enforcement action and signals that individuals may now submit whistleblower award...
SEC Publishes Rule Changes to Whistleblower Program; New Deadlines Impact Current Cases
On November 5, the Federal Register published the Whistleblower Program Rule changes for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program. The SEC approved the changes on September 23 in a 3-2 vote by the SEC Commissioners. While the...
SEC Whistleblower Program Continues Record Start to Fiscal Year With Two New Whistleblower Awards
On November 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two separate whistleblower awards. An award of over $3.6 million was awarded to a whistleblower for providing important information to the SEC on misconduct occurring abroad and for providing...
SEC Whistleblower Awarded Over $28 Million
On November 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of over $28 million. The award continues a record-setting pace for the SEC Whistleblower Program to start the 2021 fiscal year. The whistleblower provided significant information...
SEC’s Division of Enforcement Releases Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2020
On November 2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement issued its annual report for fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020). The report provides a comprehensive overview of the SEC’s enforcement efforts of the past year, which includes...
SEC Issues $10 Million Whistleblower Award
On October 29, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of over $10 million. The whistleblower’s disclosure led to the opening of an SEC investigation and the whistleblower subsequently provided ongoing assistance to the investigation. "After...
National Whistleblower Center Urges Senate to Consider SEC Whistleblower Petitions at Hearing on Bad Behavior in Big Tech
On October 28, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing about the liability of big tech companies in bad behavior occurring on their sites. Ahead of the hearing, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) sent a letter to the...
SEC Whistleblower Files Retaliation Lawsuit Against FirstEnergy Corp
A whistleblower whose disclosure led to the opening of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation earlier in 2020 filed a retaliation lawsuit against Akron utility company FirstEnergy Corp. On October 18, attorneys for whistleblower Michael Pircio filed the...
Important Insights from the Past Month of SEC Whistleblower Award Orders
On September 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a number of rule changes to its highly successful whistleblower program. These rule changes address several aspects of the program, including determinations for whistleblower awards. Through the SEC Whistleblower...
SEC Issues $114 Million Whistleblower Award – The Largest in SEC History
On October 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of over $114 million, the largest award in the history of the SEC Whistleblower Program. The award is for more than double the amount of the...
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