Does Your Company Discourage Employees from Being Whistleblowers? The SEC May Think So!
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/01/25
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was enacted in 2010 in response to the 2008 financial crisis, added protections for whistleblower activity to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). Specifically, Section 21F of the Exchange Act and the related Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules (collectively, “Section 21F”), provide protections to employees and other persons who report possible violations of securities laws to the SEC......
By: Foley & Lardner LLP