The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants the power to punish companies for retaliating against whistleblowers, a move that would align the agency’s stance with the stronger position taken by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In 2011, as the two regulatory agencies built up their whistleblower offices, the SEC immediately asserted the authority to crack down on retaliation against whistleblowers. But the CFTC passed on assuming similar enforcement power, instead leaving it to whistleblowers to sue over retaliation.
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