Whistleblowers are an important source of information for the Commission’s enforcement program. This is reflected by the periodic monetary awards handed out by the agency. It is also evidenced by the increasing number of actions brought by the SEC to …

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Undermining the protections of Exchange Act Section 21E which protect whistleblowers was the subject of a recent, settled enforcement action. Now the Commission has brought a similar action, again centered on provisions in severance agreements that might impede former employees …

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