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A whistleblower is defined as someon who provides the SEC with information in writing that relates to a possible violation of the federal securities laws in the past, present or future.
To qualify for the whistleblower protections a whistleblower must follow the procedures for the submitting of original information to the SEC outlined in Section 240.21F-9. These include:
To qualify for retaliation protections a whistleblower must:
Retaliations protections are available to those not yet qualified as a whistleblower before they perform a lawful act as described above.
But qualification as a whistleblower is needed before retaliation is experienced in order to attract these protections.
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