Employers Beware: Will The SEC Be A Safety Net For Terminated Whistleblowers?

October 2, 2013  |  The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement

Commentators, employers and especially whistleblowers have paid a tremendous amount of attention to the whistleblower bounty provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.  Much less attention has been paid to an SEC rule implementing the anti-retaliation provisions of that Act, giving the SEC enforcement authority against employers who retaliate against their whistleblowing employees.  The SEC has not yet brought an enforcement action for retaliation, but recent statements by SEC officials indicate that the agency is looking for just such a case to test the bounds of its authority. […]

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