Did the Summer Shine Any Light on Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Land?

09/12/2014  |  The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement

The summer saw a significant new development in the Securities and Exchange Commission's (“SEC”) whistleblower bounty program but failed to see any development on obtaining clarification as to the reach of the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower protection provision. While the SEC was busy finalizing the first-ever award to an employee working in the area of compliance, the courts were intent on taking a break from dealing with whistleblowing employees, and their SEC amici, to achieve clarity on the issue of whether reporting internally, but not to the SEC, is sufficient to fall within the protections of the Dodd-Frank Act’s anti-retaliation provision. [...]

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