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Despite Trump Administration Uncertainty, SEC Whistleblower Program Reports Business as Usual

Even with political clouds of uncertainty from the Trump administration, the head of U.S Securities and Exchange Commission is moving the agency full speed ahead, all the while chastising companies that retaliate or discourage their employees from blowing the whistle on possible securities violations. Last month, Jane Norberg; the current…

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SEC Orders Half-million Dollar Penalty for Firing Whistleblower

On September 29, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that casino-gaming company International Game Technology (“IGT”) agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty for firing an employee who reported to senior management and the SEC that the company’s financial statements might be distorted. The whistleblower retaliation case is…

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