Kaitlin Meola

Kaitlin Meola

December 01, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

After Nearly a Decade, SEC Amends Whistleblower Rules

After nearly a decade in operation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or commission) voted to amend the rules governing its whistleblower program, which Congress created in 2010 to assist the SEC in discovering and prosecuting securities law violations by providing "monetary incentives for individuals to come forward and report possible violations of the federal securities laws to the SEC."

By Robert L. Hickok, Jay A. Dubow and Kaitlin Meola

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