The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to publish its final rules for whistleblower bounties and other expanded protections any time now, and the corporate compliance community is anxiously wondering how current programs will meet the challenge ahead.
If comments on the proposed whistleblower rules, published in November, are any indication, companies are not terribly keen on what’s to come. They are afraid of more whistleblowing, more lawsuits, and increased compliance costs, as a result of the new rules.
