SEC Informant Awards Invite Bad Actors Overseas: Legal Insight

Reprinted from: Bloomberg Law | 11/5/2024

Cadwalader partner Martin Weinstein authored an op-ed, “SEC Informant Awards Invite Bad Actors Overseas: Legal Insight,” published by Bloomberg Law on November 5.

Since 2012, the SEC whistleblower program has paid out more than 400 cash awards to whistleblowers, many of whom aren’t U.S. citizens, including nationals from countries unfriendly to the United States. In this op-ed, Martin discusses the downsides of the whistleblower program and the effect it is having on the relationship between corporate America and the government.

Read the full op-ed here.