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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...
CFTC Details Record Year in Annual Report on Whistleblower Program
On November 2, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released its 2020 Annual Report on the Whistleblower Program and Customer Education Initiatives. The report covers the previous fiscal year of the CFTC Whistleblower Program and includes details on whistleblower...
OIG Finds That Top Department of Interior Official Retaliated Against Whistleblower
In a report published on October 29, the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director James Reilly retaliated against a USGS whistleblower. Reilly reassigned the whistleblower after the whistleblower filed...
Whistleblower Advocates Express Skepticism about Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate Testimony
On October 28, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about the liability of big tech companies in bad behavior occurring on their sites. Among other tech executives, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg provided testimony and answered questions from Senators. ...
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...
Last of Seven Whistleblowers in Texas Attorney General’s Office Resigns
The last of seven aides who worked in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has resigned, according to an article from The Texas Tribune. On October 28, Ryan Bangert, who worked as the agency’s deputy first assistant attorney general since 2019, told The...
California Passes Bill With Whistleblower-Friendly Anti-Retaliation Provisions
On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom approved Assembly Bill 1947 (AB 1947). The new legislation amends provisions of California’s Labor Code related to whistleblower retaliation cases. The pro-whistleblower bill extends the deadline for a whistleblower to file a retaliation...
New Jersey Worker Retaliated Against for Reporting COVID-19 Safety Violations
A manufacturing facility worker in New Jersey was fired for refusing to work in conditions that lacked safety measures for protecting workers from COVID-19, according to an October 23 Kaiser Health News article. Charles Collins took safety precautions early in the...
What the Record SEC Whistleblower Award Means for Future Whistleblowers
On October 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $114 million whistleblower award, by far the largest whistleblower award in SEC history. Notably, this award came almost one month to the day after the SEC approved a...
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