The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act"), popularly known as the financial reform bill and signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 1010, includes a new whistleblower program that could pay considerable cash rewards to individuals who report securities violations, including violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
Financial reform bill includes FCPA whistleblower provision
McKenna Long & Aldridge
USA
July 26 2010
T. Mark Flanagan, Jr., Joshua R. Hochberg, Brad Samuels, Michael G. Scheininger and Jason M. Silverman
USA
July 26 2010
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