It’s been five years since Dodd-Frank gave whistleblowers a way to report company misdoings. What are the first things your company should do when faced with a whistleblower complaint? In part one of our three-part series on developing an effective whistleblower program, Foley Partner Courtney Worcester discusses the immediate steps she advises clients to take.

Courtney Worcester is a partner and litigation lawyer in the Boston office of Foley & Lardner LLP. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation involving corporations, venture capital and private equity firms, financial institutions and their directors and officers. 

Click to watch Part 2: Whistleblower Program Development: “What Motivates a Whistleblower?"