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The suspense over the final SEC whistleblower rules ended with the SEC’s release of its final whistleblower rules last week<\/a>. The CFTC is to follow suit soon in announcing its own commodities whistleblower rules.<\/p>\n

We have followed the SEC rules’ development, after being part of the small group of pro-whistleblower attorneys who met with the Commissioners and staff and urged changes to the draft rules to make them effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In January, I had the opportunity to visit with SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, Director Khuzami, and SEC staff<\/a>, and then separately with Commissioners Luis A. Aguilar<\/a>, Kathleen L. Casey<\/a>, Troy A. Paredes<\/a>, and Elisse B. Walter, to discuss changes to the proposed rules for the new SEC Whistleblower program.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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