9th Circuit Panel Affirms Denial Of SEC Whistleblower Award Application

Mealey's (June 21, 2018, 8:27 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Securities and Exchange Commission properly determined that a whistleblower is not entitled to a whistleblower award under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 because the information he provided to the SEC did not provide any information that led to the successful enforcement of a covered action, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled June 19 in an unpublished memorandum opinion (Brad Greenspan v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 17-72832, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16496)....