In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published an updated Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs to provide a roadmap for companies on how to run their internal compliance to avoid prosecution, decrease…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law
Voluntary Carbon Markets (“VCMs”) are touted as a promising solution to rising global carbon emissions. They have the potential to strengthen climate technology and promote projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and…
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/ Environmental Law, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
In recent weeks, a number of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs) across the country have rolled out “Whistleblower Pilot Programs” offering the potential of non-prosecution agreements in exchange for voluntary self-disclosure of…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law
On October 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations published its 2025 Examination Priorities, outlining the main areas of interest for the Division in its examinations of regulated entities…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
On September 30, 2024, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that filing claims on behalf of the government under qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) is unconstitutional in United…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the United States Department of Treasury, has issued a new investment advisor rule to protect residential real estate from illicit finance, such as money…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
Whistleblowers who exposed what has been called “one of the biggest frauds in Texas history” are not eligible to receive Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower awards based on the collections recovered in a…
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/ Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
California's SB 1047, also known as the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act,” has passed the state’s Assembly and Senate and now awaits its fate on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. By…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In 2021, Congress passed an emergency measure to save the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program from financial collapse. This measure is set to expire at the end of September, threatening to shut…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Critics of whistleblower award laws commonly claim that whistleblower awards will lead to frivolous and speculative complaints aimed at damaging the reputation of individuals or companies. However, a close look at the data…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In July, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Attorneys Offices announced several large False Claims Act (FCA) settlements stemming from qui tam whistleblower suits…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
The end of the Chevron deference is already impacting whistleblower award cases. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently reversed and remanded an appeals court decision in an IRS whistleblower case where a…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
In June, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced several major False Claims Act (FCA) settlements stemming from qui tam whistleblower lawsuits.
Under the FCA’s qui tam provisions, whistleblowers have the power to…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
On June 21, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found the former CEO and Chairman of Ontrak, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company guilty on one count of securities fraud and two counts…
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/ Business Organizations, Criminal Law, Securities Law
In her interview on the Whistleblower Network News Whistleblower of the Week podcast, Reality Winner reflected on many elements of her whistleblower journey, from her decision to blow the whistle to her incarceration. Among her…
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/ Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
