Comments on: “New Financial Regulations Will Make Whistleblowing Lucrative”

By: Peter Henning on SEC whistleblowing

Peter Henning on SEC whistleblowing — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:42:23 +0000

[…] first rather than relying on internal disclosure mechanisms.” [NYT "DealBook", earlier here, here, etc.] More: various perspectives on FCPA whistleblower bounties […]

By: John Skookum

John Skookum — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:32:54 +0000

I hope these new regulations will provide fruitful opportunities for Alinskyite counter-attacks on the Left. The possibilities are endless. The various tentacles of George Soros and Al Gore alone should provide targets in abundance, not to mention Obama’s bankster cronies such as Goldman Sachs. It would be particularly effective if bankrolled and organized by, say, the Club for Growth. Let a thousand lawsuits bloom, and let’s do to them what they did to Sarah Palin when she was governor.

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:40:58 +0000

I hear you, but I do wonder about moral robustness of the alternative model — the passive enabler of wrongdoing model.

By: Crabtree

Crabtree — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:52:30 +0000

The informer model of justice worked out well for the Ancient Romans under Nero, right? I mean, if your goal is revenge and getting rid of people the government doesn’t like, it works well. Enforcing justice… eh, not so much.

By: Jack Wilson

Jack Wilson — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:14:58 +0000

Would those who reveal names of illegal aliens who are getting benefits from taxpayers be eligible for rewards?