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10/22/25 | Firm News
Co-Managing Partner David Kovel to Speak at 25th Annual Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF) Conference
Co-Managing Partner David Kovel will speak at the 25th Annual Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF) conference on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kovel will discuss the SEC, CFTC, and DOJ whistleblower programs.
The Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF Coalition) is a public interest, non-profit organization dedicated to defending and empowering whistleblowers who expose fraud on the government and the financial markets. Through its extensive education and outreach efforts, the Coalition works to empower whistleblowers and ensure whistleblower attorneys are best able to guide them.
Mr. Kovel, a former commodities trader, has extensive experience representing plaintiffs in groundbreaking whistleblower, commodities, antitrust, securities, and corporate governance matters, including on appeal. His work in these areas, which often deals with fraud related to complex financial instruments, continues to set precedents both in terms of the law and size of settlements. Amongst other recent activities, in 2021, Mr. Kovel obtained the then-largest publicly announced single whistleblower award arising under the Dodd-Frank and IRS whistleblower programs on behalf of a Deutsche Bank whistleblower. He has also successfully worked on appeals reversing lower court rulings that dismissed a large number of banks in a case alleging manipulation of LIBOR and separately obtained a reversal on appeal in a case alleging manipulation of metal commodities by JP Morgan.
The Anti-Fraud Coalition (TAF Coalition) is a public interest, non-profit organization dedicated to defending and empowering whistleblowers who expose fraud on the government and the financial markets. Through its extensive education and outreach efforts, the Coalition works to empower whistleblowers and ensure whistleblower attorneys are best able to guide them.
Mr. Kovel, a former commodities trader, has extensive experience representing plaintiffs in groundbreaking whistleblower, commodities, antitrust, securities, and corporate governance matters, including on appeal. His work in these areas, which often deals with fraud related to complex financial instruments, continues to set precedents both in terms of the law and size of settlements. Amongst other recent activities, in 2021, Mr. Kovel obtained the then-largest publicly announced single whistleblower award arising under the Dodd-Frank and IRS whistleblower programs on behalf of a Deutsche Bank whistleblower. He has also successfully worked on appeals reversing lower court rulings that dismissed a large number of banks in a case alleging manipulation of LIBOR and separately obtained a reversal on appeal in a case alleging manipulation of metal commodities by JP Morgan.
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