The soon-to-be-signed financial reform package creates a new whistleblower program with potentially huge cash rewards for individuals who provide information about securities law violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Some corporate defense lawyers are calling it a “bounty” reward program because it covers violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which lately has produced hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate penalties and settlements.

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