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August 1, 2019 SEC Fraud

What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA” or “the Act”) (15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.) is a 1977 federal statute passed to enhance financial transparency among American companies. The FCPA was passed in response to investigations conducted by the Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in the early 1970’s that found […]
May 20, 2019 SEC Fraud

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (also known as “SOX” and the Corporate Responsibility Act of 2002) in response to high-profile financial scandals in the early 2000s involving publicly traded companies such as Tyco, WorldCom and Enron, which called into question the trustworthiness of corporate financial statements. Its goal is to […]
July 9, 2018 SEC Fraud

What is SEC Form TCR?

Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) (15 U.S.C. §78u-6), entitled “Securities Whistleblower Incentives and Protection,” (often referred to as the SEC Whistleblower Statute) requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to pay awards, subject to certain limitations and conditions, to whistleblowers who provide the […]
April 18, 2018 SEC Fraud

SEC Whistleblower Law and the Securities Whistleblower Act

The SEC Whistleblower Statute and Statute of Limitations In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law by President Obama.  Section 922 of the Act states that the SEC will be required to pay a reward to individuals who provide original information to the SEC resulting in monetary […]
April 18, 2018 SEC Fraud

Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Act

Securities and Exchange Commission Whistleblower Statute In response to the global financial crisis in 2008, Congress passed financial reform legislation known as the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, which came into effect in August 2011. In addition to the sweeping new financial regulations, the Dodd-Frank Act contained whistleblower provisions to encourage and incentivize […]
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