Case: Individual Employment Rights/Whistleblowing (D.C. Cir.)

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted in part a petition for review of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s denial of a whistleblower award application under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, vacating the SEC’s denial of the plaintiff’s exemption request and remanding for reconsideration because the Commission abused its discretion by providing only a perfunctory explanation without addressing his substantial cooperation and precedent for similar exemptions.

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