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Whistleblower Awards Chief Compliance Officers Enforcement Actions

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

So many reporting systems!

By the time you read this, a new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program providing financial rewards to whistleblowers may already be underway. As I write this in late May, DOJ is in the midst of what is called a...more

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SEC Makes 2020 A Record Year for Whistleblowers. What Does It Mean for Compliance?

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This year is proving to be a record-setting year for whistleblowers. On October 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had awarded an unprecedented $114 million to a whistleblower who, the SEC says,...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Disregard Compliance at Your Peril: Compliance Officer Paid As Whistleblower

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A medical device manufacturer learned what might seem an obvious lesson when it paid $18 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by its former Compliance Officer: don’t ignore your compliance officer. The federal...more

WilmerHale

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Alert - Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2019 Developments and Predictions

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Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - May 2016 #4

Two Related Broker-Dealers To Pay US $17 Million for Widespread AML Compliance Failures; Former AML Compliance Officer Also Sanctioned: Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA), Raymond James Financial Services, Inc....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments

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SEC Awards Another Whistleblowing Compliance Officer - On April 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award between $1.4 and $1.6 million to a compliance officer who provided information...more

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Recent Investment Management Developments - June 2015

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In This Issue: - SEC Proposes Changes to Reporting and Disclosure Obligations for Investment Companies and Advisers - SEC Charges Hedge Fund Executives and External Auditor for Improper Disclosure of Expense...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC Awards Compliance Officer Whistleblower Bounty of Approximately $1.5 Million

Wednesday, the SEC announced that it would pay an unidentified compliance officer a whistleblower bounty award of between $1.4 and $1.6 million. This is the second award that the SEC has made to a whistleblower with internal...more

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