Who would have thought, a decade ago, that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would be a principal nemesis of employment lawyers and their clients, along with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor?

In its 2014 report to Congress, the SEC Office of the Whistleblower (OWB) reported that since August 2011, it has received 10,193 whistleblower tips, and that in Fiscal Year 2014 alone, it received 3,620. Indeed, on its website, the OWB conveniently provides a link to a complaint form “TCR” (tip, complaint, referral) for filing whistleblower complaints.

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