The whistleblower, employment and civil rights law firm Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP has released its 2016 comprehensive practice guide for the whistleblower program for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The firm has produced its SEC Whistleblower Practice Guide annually since the inception of the SEC Whistleblower Program in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).
The guide provides in-depth explanations of the rules and procedures concerning the respective programs, offer valuable practice trips for whistleblowers and their counsel, and outline the legal protections that whistleblowers have against retaliation for reporting violations to the SEC.