Companies should pay specific attention to risks arising from the increasingly common whistleblower complaints regarding data breaches and cybersecurity.
The decision likely won't have a substantial effect on companies, as significant protections for whistleblowers remain in place.
The justices find the anti-retaliation provisions of Dodd-Frank apply only to employees who complain of misconduct to the SEC.
When whistleblowers are involved in enforcement actions, perpetrators can expect greater financial sanctions and longer prison sentences, a study finds.
Years after going to prison, disgraced CFOs try to make something good come from their crimes by telling finance executives how they went wrong.
A Seattle bank and its treasurer settled charges involving improper hedge accounting; the bank was also accused of impeding whistleblowers.
SandRidge Energy fired an employee who raised concerns over the company's calculation of its reserves, the SEC charged.
The Virginia-based company settled allegations stemming from non-disparagement clauses that impeded employees from communicating with the SEC.
International Game Technology is accused of firing an employee for reporting possible distortions in the company's financial statements.
The SEC says the brewer's Indian unit used third-party sales promoters to make improper payments to government officials.
The whistleblower lawsuit by a former senior finance manager marks the latest criticism of how technology vendors are reporting cloud-related revenues.
An experiment suggests that too vigorously stating whistleblower protections to employees can backfire.
