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Perspective

Jul. 1, 2011

Whistle-blowers Unleashed: SEC Sets Incentives With Strong Corporate Regulations

New SEC rules extend whistle-blower program to all securities law violations and raises the ante with bigger payoffs. By Matthew Zandi of Steel Zandi


Following the lead from the very successful U.S. Department of Justice False Claims Act enforcement and the new Internal Revenue Service whistle-blower program, on May 25, a divided Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new set of rules that implement the controversial whistle-blower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act.


Adopted by a 3-2 vote of the commission, whistle-blowers providing "original information" leading to a succ...

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