Throughout history, people have blown the whistle when they've seen companies do things that aren't right, but the number of whistleblowers has certainly increased in the years since the Dodd-Frank Act. At the Berkeley Center for Law and Business' Virtual Fraud Fest last week, panelists talked about whistleblower trends.
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The moderator of the panel on whistleblowers asked attorney Erika Kelton about the impact the Dodd-Frank Act has had on whistleblowing. She said the act essentially released pent-up demand. She said they started seeing inquiries about it the day the act became law, and things haven't let up since then.
She added that...
