• posted: Jul. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower award,  anti-retaliation

The Whistleblower Program of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been a significant success since its implementation in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, but there have been some Read More

• posted: Jul. 14, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower award,  SEC award

On April 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued whistleblower awards to two groups of recipients comprising five total whistleblowers. According to the SEC, both of these group sof Read More

• posted: Mar. 01, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Securities Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award,  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

On January 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) handed down its first whistleblower award of the year, a sizable $13 million pot to a whistleblower who provided the 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: Jul. 05, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC whistleblower award,  securities law violation,  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,  securities fraud

In late March, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of more than $500,000 to a whistleblower who provided information hat led to a successful enforcement action. The Read More

• posted: Mar. 22, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award,  SEC award

On Thursday, January 7, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced three whistleblower awards to five recipients that totaled more than $1.1 million. According to a statement released by the Read More

• posted: Jan. 18, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a pair of new whistleblower awards at the start of November, both going to individuals who assisted the commission with their investigations Read More

• posted: Nov. 23, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award

In July, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $3.8 million award to a whistleblower who assisted the commission by providing crucial information during an ongoing investigation into Read More

• posted: Oct. 19, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• exposing wrongdoing,  SEC whistleblower award,  securities fraud

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $125,000 in June to a whistleblower who went through the SEC’s whistleblower program to report wrongdoing. According to SEC Read More

• posted: Aug. 31, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial fraud,  SEC,  SEC whistleblower award

The most recent SEC whistleblower award was a $3.8 million bounty to a whistleblower who offered information to the agency that resulted in a successful enforcement action. As always, the information Read More

• posted: Oct. 04, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Dallas attorney,  SEC whistleblower award,  whistleblower award

The federal government has done an excellent job of incentivizing whistleblowers to come forward with information about securities laws violations in recent years, thanks to the numerous protections it has Read More

• posted: Sep. 24, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• financial fraud,  whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program allows eligible whistleblowers to obtain monetary awards when providing the agency with original information about securities violations, which may include financial fraud. Read More

• posted: Feb. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower award

On November 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower announced a new award of more than $16 million paid to two whistleblowers. Each received an Read More

• posted: Aug. 24, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  whistleblower,  SEC whistleblower award

In May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower more than $500,000. The company insider had provided valuable information to the agency that “prompted an SEC investigation 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: Feb. 23, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower award

In the latest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower award, an unidentified insider received $900,000 for his or her role in uncovering corporate or agency wrongdoing. According to the Read More