By Steven Pearlman and Pinchos Goldberg (January 11, 2022, 2:18 PM EST) -- 2021 was another blockbuster year in the whistleblowing and retaliation arena. The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower has now issued in excess of $1 billion in whistleblower bounties. Meanwhile, courts continued to grapple with the parameters of the protections afforded by the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank and False Claims Acts. This is of critical importance to employers because claims invoking those statutes continue to present notable financial risks and exceptional reputational risks, as they often implicate serious compliance issues. We also saw important legislative advancements that expanded protections to whistleblowers. In short, this remains an area. . .
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