{"id":1573,"date":"2016-07-11T20:34:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/?post_type=practice_areas&p=1573"},"modified":"2021-09-24T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T19:05:47","slug":"sec-whistleblower-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"practice_areas","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/practice-areas\/whistleblower-lawyer-qui-tam-claims\/sec-whistleblower-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Whistleblower Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower lawyer<\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n

In 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s (SEC) whistleblower program was created as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consume Protection Act. The SEC\u2019s whistleblower program requires the SEC to pay substantial monetary rewards to whistleblowers who disclose original information about violations of federal securities laws. The law incentivizes those with knowledge of fraud in the financial industry to blow the whistle and protect the public from illegal behavior.<\/p>\n

Under the Dodd-Frank regulations, the SEC must maintain the whistleblower\u2019s confidentiality while the investigation is ongoing. An experienced SEC whistleblower attorney can even make your initial submission to the SEC anonymous.<\/p>\n

In order to be eligible for substantial monetary awards given to whistleblowers under the SEC\u2019s program, you must give the SEC information in the form and manner required by the law. Because the law is complex, the SEC cautions that \u201c[y]ou should read these procedures carefully because you need to follow them in order to be eligible for an award.\u201d See<\/i> 17 C.F.R. \u00a7 240.21F-8(a).<\/p>\n

There are important time deadlines that must be met when claiming your SEC whistleblower\u2019s award. In order to preserve your rights, we recommend contacting The Cochran Firm, D.C.\u2019s experienced whistleblower lawyers as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s eligible for awards under the SEC whistleblower program?<\/b><\/h2>\n

There are a variety of requirements that must be met in order to receive a financial award under the SEC\u2019s whistleblower program. These requirements include:<\/p>\n

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  • One or more persons (not companies or organizations)<\/li>\n
  • Voluntarily providing information to the SEC<\/li>\n
  • Information concerns possible violations of the federal securities laws<\/li>\n
  • This original information leads to a successful SEC enforcement action<\/li>\n
  • More than $1 million is recovered through the enforcement action<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These requirements can be complicated. For instance, if you are under a preexisting duty to report securities law violations, you may not be providing information to the SEC \u201cvoluntarily.\u201d Our SEC whistleblower legal teamcan explain these statutory requirements to you and analyze their impact based upon your unique situation and circumstances. You do not need to be an employee of a company for which you are reporting possible violations of the federal securities laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1633,"menu_order":56,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[]},"categories":[],"is_parent":[],"class_list":["post-1573","practice_areas","type-practice_areas","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/practice_areas"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/practice_areas\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"is_parent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_parent?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}