On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved changes to the Whistleblower Rules articulated in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The recent amendments strengthen anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers and bring the CFTC’s whistleblower program more in line with that of its sister agency, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
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