The new co-directors of the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), George Canellos and Andrew Ceresney, were featured in an article in the National Law Journal earlier this week. ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) has ordered yet another railway company to compensate a worker after determining that the company retaliated against the...
Government whistleblowers received great news from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”) last week when the appeals board ruled that the provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012...
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chairman Mary Jo White announced on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, that the Commission will begin requiring admission of guilt in certain types of civil settlements, according to the...
A whistleblower in Massachusetts will receive $22,225 in back wages and compensatory damages from his former company following a determination by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the...
On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued its second-ever whistleblower award under the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of...
Securities whistleblowers may have reason to celebrate soon, according to Stephen Cohen, the Associate Director of the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). At a panel at the Corporate...
On June 10, 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release announcing that it was ordering Metro North Commuter Railroad Co. to pay a railroad...
The first lawsuits filed under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) were filed last week alleging that an employer’s insurance policies were in violation of the ACA. According to a press release issued by the National...
SEC Intends to Shift Focus Back to Accounting Fraud
June 6, 2013
The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Mary Jo White, is leading a charge to shift the agency’s civil enforcement action focus to accounting fraud, according to an article in the Wall Street...