{"id":3487,"date":"2014-06-20T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T13:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2020-09-23T18:24:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T22:24:14","slug":"dodd-frank-act-flexed-first-time-employer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/dodd-frank-act-flexed-first-time-employer\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Flexes Dodd-Frank Muscles for the First Time Against Employer Retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SEC has flexed its (new\u2026ish) muscles for the first time, penalizing Paradigm Capital Management Inc. in an enforcement action for retaliation against a whistleblower.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodd-Frank Act prohibits retaliation against whistleblowers, specifically providing that \u201cNo employer may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, directly or indirectly, or in any other manner discriminate against, a whistleblower\u201d because of certain whistleblowing activities.\u00a0 15 U.S.C. \u00a778u-6(h)(1).\u00a0 The regulations (specifically, 17 C.F.R. \u00a7240.21F-2(b)(2)) provide for enforcement in an action brought by the SEC.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/dodd-frank-act-flexed-first-time-employer\/#more-3487\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SEC has flexed its (new\u2026ish) muscles for the first time, penalizing Paradigm Capital Management Inc. in an enforcement action for retaliation against a whistleblower. 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