The SEC Whistleblower Program rules provide a number of protections against retaliation for employees who blow the whistle on securities violations.  One particularly important protection is found in Rule 240.21F-17(a), which provides as follows: No person may take any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities [...]

The Project on Government Oversight (“POGO”) Blog recently wrote about an interview with two key whistleblower officials.  The website Securities Docket recently hosted a webcast with Sean McKessy, the Chief of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Office of the Whistleblower (“OWB”), and Vincente Martinez, Director of the Whistleblower Office at the Commodity Futures Trading [...]