Whistleblower programs are the gifts that keep giving to enforcement agencies, driving a record number of cases, sanctions and awards across multiple agencies. In this ninth installment of Season's Readings, we revisit some...more
12/20/2024
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CFTC ,
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Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
FinCEN ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
After announcing at the ABA White Collar Crime Conference last winter that it would engage in a months-long "policy sprint," the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) released its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot...more
8/6/2024
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Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Extortion ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Healthcare ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
In remarks to the American Bar Association (ABA) Institute on White Collar Crime on March 3, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland underscored the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) renewed emphasis on corporate...more
3/7/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Individual Accountability ,
Merrick Garland ,
Personal Liability ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
Companies facing liability under the False Claims Act (FCA) often desire early resolution with the Department of Justice (DOJ) through settlement. Hand in hand with the decision to settle comes the decision of whether or not...more
4/26/2019
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Fraud ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Remedial Actions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Self-Policing ,
Self-Reporting
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the creation of a Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. Relevant to the contracting and healthcare community, the task force is designed to strengthen the...more
7/19/2018
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Civil Liability ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Elder Abuse ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Fraud ,
Fraudulent Procurement ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
HEAT ,
Investigations ,
Medicare Fraud Strike Force ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Tax Division ,
Tax Fraud ,
Trump Administration ,
Veterans