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  • 9 minutes

Overview of the SEC's Whistle-Blower Program

 

The SEC’s whistle-blower program was established in the wake of the financial crisis.

What the whistle-blower provisions did was create financial incentives for whistle-blowers who provide the SEC information about possible violations of federal securities laws. The provisions also created a new bounty program under which whistle-blowers may qualify for an award of between 10% and 30% of the monetary sanctions collected by the SEC. The enhanced protections against retaliation for reporting information about possible securities violations prohibited employers from retaliating against whistle-blowers. This video reviews the Dodd-Frank whistle-blower provisions as well as the SEC whistle-blower rules.

Runtime: 9 minutes

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Lex Urban

Lex Urban

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  • Special counsel in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group
  • Experienced in representing corporations and individual clients in a variety of criminal, civil and regulatory matters before the SEC, U.S. Department of Justice and other government agencies
  • Author of several publications related to securities enforcement
  • Received Outstanding Achievement Award from the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs for his work in the field of DC Prisoners' Rights
  • Helped draft a successful amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Yates v. United States, construing Sarbanes-Oxley’s criminal provision for document destruction, 18 U.S.C. § 1519)
Kyle De Young

Kyle De Young

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  • Partner in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group
  • Securities enforcement expert and skilled trial lawyer, who advised high level officials in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division
  • Previously was senior counsel to co-directors of enforcement of the SEC Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin, and to former director of enforcement Andrew Ceresny
  • Advised and assisted in the overall management of the SEC’s enforcement program, giving him a unique understanding of how the SEC makes enforcement decisions and approves settlements
  • Possesses a sophisticated view of the SEC’s current areas of focus and the attitudes that will shape its priorities going forward
  • Previously served as a trial lawyer in the Division of Enforcement’s Trial Unit
Kendra Wharton

Kendra Wharton

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  • Associate in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group
  • Advises clients in a broad range of criminal, civil and administrative proceedings and litigation, as well as in corporate internal investigations
  • Regularly handles matters focused on alleged violations of the FCPA, the federal securities laws, the federal money laundering and asset forfeiture laws, and the False Claims Act
  • Prior to practicing law, was a legislative aide in the United States Senate covering banking and financial services among other issues

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