Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
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DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
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Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 1: Gov. Contracts and Cybersecurity
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Episode 321 -- Review of the EU Whistleblowing Directive wih Alex Cotoia and Daniela Melendez
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Corruption, Crime and Compliance: NAVEX’s 2024 Whistleblower Report — More Reports, Higher Substantiation Rates
False Claims Act Insights - Are We Done Here? The Unique Dynamics of FCA Settlements
Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: DOJ Adopts New Whistleblower Bounty Program and Encourages Voluntary Self-Disclosure
False Claims Act Insights - Think You Know Whistleblowers? Think Again.
FCPA Compliance Report: Mary Inman on DOJ Whistleblower Bounty Program
Navigating the SEC's Whistleblower Enforcement Wave: A Guide for Financial Institutions — The Consumer Finance Podcast
How One Hospice Owner Got Convicted of Healthcare Fraud and How You Can Avoid That Fate
Navigating Employment and Separation Agreements: Lessons From Al Pacino's Serpico — Hiring to Firing Podcast
The EU Whistleblowing Directive
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On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”). Under this 3-year initiative managed by DOJ’s Criminal Division, a whistleblower may be eligible...more
The passage of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act in December 2022 was heralded by whistleblower advocates as a major development which would transform the ability of the U.S. to crack-down on money...more
During a March 7, 2024, speech at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is launching a...more
During the 2024 American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2024 White Collar Conference) earlier this month, US Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco,...more
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will soon launch a new monetary reward program for people who provide information about corporate or financial...more
In December 2022, the U.S. Congress included the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act as part of the Omnibus Budget for that year. The Act includes drastic new measures to expand enforcement against those...more
German authorities have intensified and accelerated their enforcement activities in 2023, following a slowdown of both investigations and court proceedings during the pandemic. This had led to a surge of dawn-raids in...more
SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced on October 25th that in the 2023 fiscal year, the Commission received a record number of 18,000 whistleblower tips. The SEC Whistleblower Program has grown rapidly and effectively since its...more
Despite the excitement that surrounded original cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the dust eventually settled, revealing that only a few early investors got rich and many others lost their life savings. But it was not long...more
On December 23, 2022, Congress included the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act as part of the Omnibus Budget President Biden has now signed into law. The Act includes drastic new measures to expand...more
Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung für ein Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz - Die Bundesregierung hat am 27. Juli 2022 einen Entwurf für ein „Gesetz für einen besseren Schutz hinweisgebender Personen sowie zur Umsetzung der...more
The U.S. Treasury Department is currently drafting proposed rules to implement the whistleblower provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act of 2020. These rules will help determine the future success of the newly...more
When the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Act (“AML Act”) became law on January 1, 2021, some commentators praised it as a breakthrough. The law was modelled on the highly successful Dodd-Frank Act (“DFA”) and shared...more
At this point, most employers probably know that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is charged with investigating far more than workplace safety. Indeed, OSHA has a robust Whistleblower Protection...more
When Congress overrode President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act on January 1, 2021, it enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), which was part of the defense authorization bill. In doing so,...more
False Claims Act Legal Developments - First Circuit Upholds Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict - On December 9, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held as a matter of first impression that “the...more
Proposed Legislation Creates Rewards Program for Whistleblowers of Foreign Government Corruption - Third Post in a Three-Post Series - Newly proposed legislation, if passed, will authorize a whistleblower program for...more
A recent court opinion emphasizes the sensitive issues involved in terminating potentially difficult employees — or, from the employee’s or perhaps the government’s perspective, in terminating whistleblowers who were...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more