CFTC Proposes Significant Changes to Its Whistleblower Program
By Jason Enzler Last week the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed extensive amendments to the regulations implementing its five-year old whistleblower program. If adopted, the changes would expand and clarify its whistleblower protections, the scope of who can enforce whistleblower protections, the bases for how awards to whistleblowers will be calculated, and the process by which whistleblower claims will be evaluated, among other proposals. Regarding protections against whistleblower...