Defendant Name:
NeuStar, Inc.
Defendant Type:
Public Company
Document Reference:
2016-268
Document Details
Legal Case Name
In the Matter of NeuStar, Inc.
Document Name
Company Violated Rule Aimed at Protecting Potential Whistleblowers
Document Date
19-Dec-2016
Document Format
Administrative Proceeding
Allegation Type
Other
Document Summary
On December 19, 2016, the SEC announced in a press release that NeuStar, Inc. violated a whisteblower protection rule in the federal securities laws. According to the SEC: NeuStar "routinely entering into severance agreements that contained a broad nondisparagement clause forbidding former employees from engaging with the SEC and other regulators 'in any communication that disparages, denigrates, maligns or impugns' the company."
Disgorgement & Penalty Information
Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Other Compliance Related Undertaking