The SEC’s new whistleblower bounty program, promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act, has altered litigation strategy and forced in-house counsel and compliance officers to revisit portions of their compliance policies to encourage would-be whistleblowers to report internally in lieu of, or before, going to the government.  On October 19, 2012, at the ABA’s Fifth Annual FCPA Institute in Washington, D.C., a group of in-house and outside counsel discussed how the whistleblower program has affected FCPA compliance policies, the challenges of handling and disciplining whistleblowers as well as recent caselaw interpreting the provisions.  For more on discipline considerations for anti-bribery professionals, see “When, Why and How Should Companies Discipline Employees for FCPA Violations?” (Sep. 19, 2012).