Supreme Court weighs in on SEC's whistleblower program
The Supreme Court this week placed limitations on the SEC's whistleblower program. "To sue under Dodd-Frank’s anti-retaliation provision, a person must first 'provide information relating to a violation of the securities laws to the Commission,'” wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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