- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Jeff Dale2023-09-19T16:35:00
A Dallas-based commercial real estate services and investment firm agreed to pay $375,000 to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its separation agreements violated whistleblower protections.
CBRE, a subsidiary of publicly traded CBRE Group, agreed to cease and desist from further violations in reaching settlement, the SEC announced in a press release Tuesday.
The agency acknowledged CBRE’s cooperation and remediation in the case, including communicating with more than 800 employees who signed the agreements.
2023-10-31T12:55:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Recent enforcement cases brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding apparent violations of its whistleblower protection rule are proof the agency is taking compliance with the rule “very seriously,” said Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal.
2023-09-08T20:14:00Z By Jeff Dale
Monolith Resources, a privately held energy and tech company, agreed to pay $225,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission it used employee separation agreements that violated whistleblower protection rules.
2023-08-04T18:14:00Z By Jeff Dale
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced awards totaling more than $104 million to seven whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to a successful enforcement action.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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