Special Seminar: The NEW Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Reward Provisions
July 25th - New York, NY
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
CLE Credit Available*
Learn how to use the new corporate whistleblower laws and regulations to effectively represent employees, combat fraud, and qualify for large whistleblower rewards. The seminar will explain the new anti-retaliation rules governing corporate employees and the financial reward provisions that require the SEC to pay large financial awards to qualified whistleblowers. Gain insight into how whistleblower protection laws can be integrated into your law practice as powerful legal tools for maximizing your client's ability to have their case heard before a jury and obtain entitlement to large monetary rewards.
Hear from leading whistleblower attorneys who were extensively involved in the Dodd-Frank rulemaking process. On May 25th, the SEC adopted whistleblower rules that fundamentally changed and enhanced the right of employees to obtain legal protection and large financial rewards. The NWC and its legal staff were extensively involved in this process. Many of the NWC's proposals were adopted by the Commission, and the Final Rules cited to NWC formal comments forty-four times. The new regulations will prove an invaluable asset in the representation of corporate whistleblowers.
The seminar will take place on Monday, July 25, 2011 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan in New York, NY. The regular price for the seminar is $295 with early bird discounts (register on or before July 15th) and reduced fees for ARS members and whistleblowers. For early bird discounts and more information, including agenda and faculty click here.
To REGISTER click here.
*For CLE credit contact (202) 342-1903 or ek@whistleblowers.org
Take advantage of this special opportunity to participate in a discussion with the new SEC Whistleblower head. If
you enroll in this CLE, you will also be permitted to participate in an
hour-long session with Sean McKessy, Chief of the new SEC Whistleblower
Office, free of charge. Mr. McKessy will be speaking at a National
Whistleblowers Center event at the Willard Intercontinental in
Washington, DC. You can participate in person or by teleconference. Mr.
McKessy will provide an explanation of the new office and will be able
to answer questions. For more information on the McKessy session, click here.
Regular Price: $295
Early Bird Discount Prices (Register on or before July 15th):
$ 150 Attorneys
For discount code contact (202) 342-1903 or ek@whistleblowers.org
Join the ARS online today and receive the ARS
member seminar rate
Contact Estelle S. Kohn for more information at
(202)-342-1903 or ek@whistleblowers.org
$ 95 Attorney Referral Service (ARS) Members
For discount code contact (202) 342-1903 or ek@whistleblowers.org
$75 Whistleblowers
For discount code contact (202) 342-1903 or ek@whistleblowers.org
*Financial aid policy available
Seminar Agenda:
SECTION ONE
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The New Financial Rewards for Whistleblowers
One Hour
Part I: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
A. Commodities
Exchange Act
Section
748
a. Commodities
qui tam
b. Confidentiality
c. The
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rules
d. Retroactivity
e. No
Mandatory Arbitration
f. How
to file a claim
g. Pitfalls
and warnings
B. Securities
Exchange Act
Section
922(a) & Section 924
a. Securities
qui tam
b. The
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
c. Confidentiality
d. The
SEC Rules
e. No
Mandatory Arbitration
f. Retroactivity
g. How
to file a claim
h. Pitfalls
and warnings
Part II: Other Major Federal/State qui tam Laws: FCA/IRS/State
A.
False
Claims Act, amended
31
U.S.C. § 3729-3732
B.
IRS/Tax
Whistleblower Rewards Provision
SECTION TWO
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The New Anti-Retaliation Provisions
One Hour
Part I: Anti-Retaliation Provisions
A. Securities
Exchange Act
B. Commodities
Exchange Act
C. Sarbanes-Oxley
Whistleblower Amendments
Section
922(b), 922(c), & Section 929A
a. Rating
Organizations
b. Statute
of Limitations
c. Jury
Trials
d. No
mandatory Arbitration
e. Subsidiary
Coverage
D. Consumer
Protection Board Employee Protection
SECTION THREE
How to
Litigate a Whistleblower Case: An Overview of
the Major Rules Governing Whistleblowing
One Hour
Part I: How to Litigate a
Whistleblower Case: Overview of
Major Rules
A. Identifying
the best federal or state law
B. How
to determine whether a financial rewards provision applies
to your case
C. What
is protected activity (reporting to supervisors, the
government, the press)
D. How
to prove your case: discovery and
evidence collection
E. The prima facie case and the burden of proof
F. How
to prove discriminatory motive
G. Damages
and attorney fees
H. Contracts,
Settlement and Arbitration
I. Does Whistleblowing Work?
Seminar Materials:
Registrants will receive course materials that consist of the new Dodd-Frank SEC Regulations and The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons Press, 2011). The Handbook contains
specific chapters on new rewards laws including the Dodd-Frank rewards
and anti-retaliation provisions, False Claims Act rewards and
anti-retaliation provisions, and IRS rewards provisions. Registrants
will receive free download upon registration.
Seminar Faculty:
Stephen M. Kohn (Executive Director, NWC)
Stephen M. Kohn is one of the nation's leading advocates for corporate
and government whistleblowers and will be traveling directly to Seattle
to present this seminar.
Mr. Kohn has successfully represented whistleblowers for over 27 years
and is responsible for many of the set whistleblower precedents today.
From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Kohn formerly served as Clinical Director of the
groundbreaking whistleblower rights clinic at the Antioch School of Law
and he is the author of the first legal treatise on whistleblowing,
Protecting Environmental and Nuclear Whistleblowers: A Litigation Manual
(NIRS, 1985). Since then, he has authored or co-authored six books on
whistleblower law, including: Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees (Praeger, 2004); Concepts and Procedures in Whistleblower Law (Greenwood Press, 2000); The Whistleblower Litigation Handbook (Wiley Law, 1991); The Labor Lawyers Guide to the Rights and Responsibilities of Employee Whistleblowers (Greenwood Press, 1988) and the recently released The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself
(Lyons Press, 2011).
Mr. Kohn was the principal author of the NWC's rulemaking petitions and
personally met with all five SEC Commissioners and the responsible
Commission staff.
Stuart D. Meissner (The Offices of Stuart D. Meissner LLC)
Stuart D. Meissner, Esq. is the Founding Member and Manager of the Law
Offices of Stuart D. Meissner LLC. Previously, he was the Assistant
Attorney General in the Financial Crimes and Securities Investor
Protection Bureaus in the State of New York Attorney General's Office
and an Assistant District Attorney for Manhattan. Mr. Meissner is an
expert in the field of securities whistleblowing.
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