2 CLE Credits Requested for PA and states with reciprocity, e.g. NJ & NY
Learn how to use the new corporate whistleblower laws and regulations to effectively represent employees, combat fraud, and qualify for large whistleblower rewards. The seminar will explain the new anti-retaliation rules governing corporate employees and the financial reward provisions that require the SEC to pay large financial awards to qualified whistleblowers. Gain insight into how whistleblower protection laws can be integrated into your law practice as powerful legal tools for maximizing your client's ability to have their case heard before a jury and obtain entitlement to large monetary rewards.
Hear from Stephen M. Kohn, America's leading whistleblower attorney, about his extensive involvement in the Dodd-Frank rulemaking process. On May 25th, the SEC adopted whistleblower rules that fundamentally changed and enhanced the right of employees to obtain legal protection and large financial rewards. The NWC and its legal staff were extensively involved in this process. Many of the NWC's proposals were adopted by the Commission, and the Final Rules cited NWC's formal comments forty-four times. The new regulations will prove an invaluable asset in the representation of corporate whistleblowers.
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Attorneys: $295
DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE for Attorney Referral Service (ARS) Members and whistleblowers
For discount codes or for CLE credit information, contact Estelle Kohn at (202) 342-1903 or ek@whistleblowers.org
*Join the ARS online today to receive the ARS member seminar rate and other benefits.
One Hour
Part I: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
A. Commodities Exchange Act – Section 748
B.Securities Exchange Act – Section 922(a) & Section 924
Part II: Other Major Federal/State qui tam Laws: FCA/IRS/State
A. False Claims Act, amended – 31 U.S.C. § 3729-3732
B. IRS/Tax Whistleblower Rewards Provision
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The New Anti-Retaliation Provisions
Part I: Anti-Retaliation Provisions
A. Securities Exchange Act
B. Commodities Exchange Act
C. Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Amendments
Section 922(b), 922(c), & Section 929A
D. Consumer Protection Board Employee Protection
Registrants will receive course materials that consist of the new Dodd-Frank SEC Regulations and The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons Press, 2011). The Handbook contains specific chapters on new rewards laws including the Dodd-Frank rewards and anti-retaliation provisions, False Claims Act rewards and anti-retaliation provisions, and IRS rewards provisions. Registrants will receive free download upon registration.
Stephen M. Kohn is one of the nation's leading advocates for corporate and government whistleblowers and will be traveling directly to Philadelphia to present this seminar.
Mr. Kohn has successfully represented whistleblowers for over 27 years and is responsible for many of the whistleblower precedents that exist today. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Kohn served as Clinical Director of the groundbreaking whistleblower rights clinic at the Antioch School of Law, and he is also the author of the first legal treatise on whistleblowing, Protecting Environmental and Nuclear Whistleblowers: A Litigation Manual (NIRS, 1985). Since then, he has authored or co-authored six books on whistleblower law, including: Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees (Praeger, 2004); Concepts and Procedures in Whistleblower Law (Greenwood Press, 2000); The Whistleblower Litigation Handbook (Wiley Law, 1991); The Labor Lawyers Guide to the Rights and Responsibilities of Employee Whistleblowers (Greenwood Press, 1988) and the recently-released The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons Press, 2011).
You can find these publications at the NWC Store.
You can find out more about Stephen M. Kohn and other NWC staff on our Staff Page.