“SEC Issues $114 Million to Two Whistleblowers”

The Wall Street Journal quotes Phillips & Cohen partner Erika Kelton about the SEC’s $1 billion whistleblower award milestone.

Reaching the $1 billion mark is significant for a whistleblower award program that was only implemented in 2011, said Erika Kelton, a partner at law firm Phillips & Cohen LLP who represents whistleblowers. “Because it is that kind of headline-grabbing number, I do think that would generate and encourage more people to step forward,” she said.

Read the entire article, “SEC Issues $114 Million to Two Whistleblowers,” on The Wall Street Journal’s website.