The SEC and CFTC whistleblower reward programs – their impact and success | Berkeley Boosts

In part 3 of Berkeley Law Executive Education’s “Berkeley Boosts” three-part webinar series, “Speaking Up: Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing and the US’s Unique Approach to Fraud Enforcement,” Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton moderates a discussion about the success and impact of government whistleblower reward programs under the False Claims Act and the Dodd-Frank Act. The panel features DOJ civil fraud section Director Jamie Yavelberg, CFTC whistleblower program director Chris Ehrman, and Phillips & Cohen partner and former chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower Sean McKessy. Sean McKessy was the first Chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower and a principal architect of the whistleblower program. During his tenure, the SEC whistleblower program achieved unprecedented success in record time and the SEC established itself as an aggressive advocate for whistleblowers. He now represents whistleblowers in his practice at Phillips & Cohen. Erika Kelton is an internationally recognized whistleblower lawyer whose cases have recovered billions. She has represented whistleblowers in record qui tam cases and won for a client one of the largest SEC whistleblower rewards. Watch Part 1, “Speaking Up: Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing and the US’s Unique Approach to Fraud Enforcement,” (   • Whistleblowers in pharma and banking discu...  ) and Part 2, “The False Claims Act: Why that whistleblower law is so powerful against fraud,” of the Berkeley Law Executive Education’s “Berkeley Boosts” three-part webinar series, “Speaking Up: Whistleblowers, Whistleblowing and the US’s Unique Approach to Fraud Enforcement.” Learn about Berkeley Law Executive Education’s free “Berkeley Boosts” webinar series here: https://executive.law.berkeley.edu/be... Learn more about US whistleblower laws and programs and how they protect and reward whistleblowers at https://www.phillipsandcohen.com