• posted: Dec. 30, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  SEC,  SEC award

The SEC whistleblower program achieved a significant milestone at the beginning of September when it surpassed a total of $1 billion in awards. The agency announced this first whistleblower award in Read More

• posted: Dec. 14, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  SEC,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of $2.6 million shared among five individuals who assisted the agency with three separate enforcement proceedings. One whistleblower received $1.2 million Read More

• posted: Dec. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblower awards,  whistleblower program,  Dallas attorney

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program has been an undeniable success since its launch, leading to millions of dollars’ worth of awards to several dozen whistleblowers in that Read More

• posted: Sep. 25, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblowers,  SEC,  whistleblower award

On February 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower 20 percent of the sanctions paid in association with an enforcement action brought forth as a result Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  unlawful activity,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a new whistleblower award in April. This time, the payout was worth nearly $4 million for a whistleblower who provided a valuable Read More

• posted: Jan. 16, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program

For the past five years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has run a program that offers monetary awards to any individuals who can provide useful information regarding a Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblower awards

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced August 20, 2013 that it awarded more than $25,000 in total to three whistleblowers. The SEC reports that this payment was the first Read More

• posted: Oct. 24, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblower awards

Stephen Cohen, associate director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower, spent the early part of the summer blowing his commission's whistle and promising big Read More

• posted: Sep. 30, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblower awards

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower rejected a claim for an award earlier in the summer because it was not "original" under the SEC's whistleblower law. Read More

• posted: Aug. 15, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• SEC whistleblower program

Cheryl D. Eckard was drug giant GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) quality manager. In 2002, she was sent to the company's primary plant in Puerto Rico to fix problems cited by the U.S. Read More

• posted: Jul. 22, 2013
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• SEC whistleblower program

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it. -Franz Kafka Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) amended the Securities Exchange Read More