SEC WHISTLEBLOWER
ELIGIBILITY CALCULATOR

In response to a long series of corporate scandals that defrauded countless investors and were either not detected by or not reported to law enforcement authorities, in July 2010, the President signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Act required the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish a whistleblower program that offers anonymous reporting, employment protections, and monetary awards to eligible whistleblowers.

Both the financial markets and the public at large needed such compelling reforms.

Indeed, in December 2011, Labaton Sucharow conducted a national Ethics & Action Survey, which revealed that 78% of Americans would be willing to report wrongdoing in the workplace if they could do so anonymously, with protection from retaliation and secure monetary awards. Even more encouraging, in July 2012, in our survey of the US and UK financial services sector, we found that 94% of financial services industry professionals would report wrongdoing given the same incentives and protections.

Although the difficult decision about whether, how, and when to blow the whistle will depend upon the unique facts and circumstances of each case, we have created this tool to help potential whistleblowers better understand their eligibility for these important statutory whistleblower rights.

To create your own confidential and individualized eligibility report, please click below.