Press Releases

Washington D.C. May 24, 2011.  Tomorrow, May 25th at 9:30 a.m. EST, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will meet to vote on its final rules for the whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The rules will directly relate to the new “bounty” provisions in the Securities Exchange Act, which requires […]

Washington, D.C. May 19, 2011.  Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the Commissioners will meet on May 25th at 9:30 a.m. EST to vote on its final rules for the whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.  The rules will directly relate to the new “bounty” provisions in the […]

Washington D.C. May 11, 2011. Today at 2:00 pm EST, the Capital Market and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services will be holding a hearing on an anti-whistleblower billproposed by Congressman Michael G. Grimm (R-NY, 3rd). The bill amends the Security Exchange Act to reverse the main whistleblower protections in the […]

Washington, D.C. April 18, 2011. Today, Tax Day, Bradley Birkenfeld, the whistleblower who exposed UBS bank’s $20 billion illegal tax fraud scheme, is still serving his 40-month prison sentence.  Mr. Birkenfeld entered Schuylkill County Federal Correctional Institution in Minersville, Pennsylvania on January 8, 2010 and has already served over 15 months in prison. Mr. Birkenfeld’s voluntary […]