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Investigations
Corporate Internal Investigations Alert: SEC Gives $300,000 Whistleblower Award To Employee Responsible For Compliance And Audit Functions
On August 29, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a whistleblower award of more than $300,000 for a company employee who performed audit and compliance functions.[1] The award, twenty percent of the amount the SEC collected in an enforcement action,...
Read MoreTrends In Approval And Enforcement Of Multi-State And Nationwide Class Action Settlements - Part II
Editor's Note: Part I of this article appeared in the April issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. Please refer to our website, www.metrocorpcounsel.com, for the footnotes to this article. A. Certification standard. Courts engage in a two-pronged analysis when assessing the propriety of...
Read MoreTrends In Approval And Enforcement Of Multi-State And Nationwide Class Action Settlements - Part I
Editor's Note: Part II of this article will appear in the May issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. I. Introduction Imagine that you have recently signed and received court approval of the settlement of a nationwide class action on behalf of your defendant corporate client. Further...
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