Blowing The Whistle On SEC Whistleblower Protection

Law360, New York (May 4, 2015, 10:29 AM EDT) -- On April 1, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an administrative cease-and-desist order[1] against Houston-based technology and engineering firm KBR Inc., for violating Dodd-Frank whistleblower protection Rule 21F-17 because KBR required internal investigation employee-witnesses to sign confidentiality agreements in which the employee promised not to discuss the substance of their interviews with anyone without the prior approval of KBR's legal department....

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