by Samantha Choe, Arlo Devlin-Brown, Steven Fagell, Gerald Hodgkins, Barbara Hoffman, Nancy Kestenbaum, David Kornblau, and Mythili Raman

Last week, a divided Securities and Exchange Commission amended its whistleblower rules, hailing the changes as adding “clarity, efficiency and transparency to its successful whistleblower program.”[1] Although the agency made a large number of changes to the program, the amendments should not have a significant overall effect on SEC whistleblower activity, which we expect to continue at a high level. Continue reading →