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SEC Whistleblower Reform Act to be Reintroduced
The SEC Whistleblower Reform Act will be reintroduced in the next Congressional session, Congressional sources have confirmed with WNN. It is still unclear whether the bill will be identical or adjusted to the version introduced in 2023. Senators Chuck Grassley...
Advocates Call on Trump’s SEC Chair Pick to Continue Commission’s Support of Whistleblower Program
On December 4, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has picked former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Paul Atkins to head the agency. The SEC recently announced that current Chair Gary Gensler will be stepping down on January...
Whistleblowers Play Crucial Role in SEC’s Record Enforcement Year
On November 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its enforcement results for the 2024 fiscal year. During FY 2024, the SEC filed 583 total enforcement actions and obtained orders for a record $8.2 billion in financial remedies....
SEC Whistleblower Program Continues to Thrive, Commission’s Annual Report Shows
On November 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower published its Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024 detailing another hugely successful year for the SEC Whistleblower Program. “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s...
SEC Whistleblower Complaint Leads to Probe into Earthquake Risk at Indonesian Copper Plant
Following an anonymous whistleblower complaint, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe investigating whether Freeport-McMoRan Inc. failed to disclose to investors the risk a potential earthquake poses to its new $3.7 billion copper smelter complex in...
Joint Whistleblowers Receive $12 Million SEC Whistleblower Award
On October 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $12 million award to three joint whistleblowers who voluntarily provided the agency with original information that led to a successful enforcement action. Through the SEC Whistleblower Program, qualified...
Leading Whistleblower Firm Launches Securities and Commodities Whistleblower Practice Group
leading whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC) announced its new Securities and Commodities Whistleblower Practice Group. This group is co-chaired by Former Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commissioner Allison Herren Lee and former SEC Enforcement Attorney Andrew Feller.
5th Circuit Rules that SEC Whistleblowers are Ineligible for Awards in Certain Bankruptcy Proceedings
On August 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in Barr v. SEC, that two whistleblowers are not eligible to receive whistleblower awards based on proceeds collected by the government in a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding. ...
SEC Fines Firms for Impeding Whistleblowing in Confidentiality Agreements
On September 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a broker-dealer and two affiliated investment advisers agreed to pay $240,000 to settle charges that they violated a whistleblower protection rule through the use of restrictive language in...
Former SEC Enforcement Attorney Joins Whistleblower Firm
On September 5, the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto (KKC) announced that former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement attorney Andrew Feller was joining the firm as Senior Special Counsel. According to KKC, Feller will “be a key advocate...
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