I have been reading and writing a lot lately about the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions, including a column flagging some of the looming “cons” of these provisions that I expect will be published by Compliance Week next week. An article I saw today reminded me that under Section 922 of Dodd-Frank, the whistleblower need not be an employee of the company in question, but can be any individual, or 2 or more individuals acting jointly, who provides information relating to a violation of the securities laws to the Commission, in a manner established, by rule or regulation, by the Commission.‘(b) who provides information relating to a violation of the securities laws to the Commission.
