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Comment: US SEC restoring whistleblower protections embraced under Obama, abandoned during Trump era

By Neil Roland
  • 23 Jun 2022 20:45
  • 23 Jun 2022 20:45
Brink’s Co.'s settlement yesterday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission again signals the agency’s return to the Obama administration’s whistleblower-defense activism.
The $400,000 settlement is at least the fourth case during the Biden administration aimed at preventing companies and firms from blocking employees’ reports of misconduct to the SEC.

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Neil Roland

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Neil has covered U.S. financial regulation for over two decades, mostly for Bloomberg and Crain Communications. He received a Loeb award for coverage of regulators' response to the collapse of Enron. He also garnered a SABEW award and some Jesse H. Neal awards for stories on the Federal Reserve's response to the 2008 financial crisis. Roland has appeared as a commentator on Fox TV, NPR, C-Span and Bloomberg TV. He received a Master's degree in public policy from Harvard and a Bachelors degree in economics from Cornell.

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