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Corporate Officers Can Blow The Whistle, Too

Law360, New York ( March 18, 2015, 1:37 PM EDT) -- On March 2, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced its first ever whistleblower award under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to a former company officer who learned of a violation of the U.S. securities laws as a result of another employee reporting misconduct through corporate and compliance channels.[1] According to the SEC's March 2, 2015, press release, the former corporate officer will receive between $475,000 and $500,000 from the government for reporting what the SEC deemed original, high-quality information about a securities fraud that resulted in enforcement sanctions against the company in excess of $1 million.[2]...

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