SEC Again Postpones Hearing on Controversial Whistleblower Award Rule Amendments
For the second time, the SEC pulled the plug on hearings to consider amendments to some key rules affecting its whistleblower reward program. Just a day before hearings scheduled for September 2, 2020, the SEC canceled them, indicating only that they would be rescheduled for a future date. The Commission had done the same thing in fall 2019, abandoning hearings at the last minute. There are many potential reasons for...