An EU directive designed to harmonize whistleblower protections could produce complexity as lawyers warn there are likely to be wide variations in the level of security each country’s national law will offer.
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CFTC ends whistleblower award drought with $3M payout
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded approximately $3 million to a whistleblower in its first announced payout since September 2020.
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How compliance managed COVID’s effects on incident reports
The coronavirus pandemic dramatically altered incident reports and investigations in 2020. Despite facing unprecedented challenges, as analyzed in NAVEX Global’s latest benchmark study, compliance officers met the moment.
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Kudos to whistleblower chief Jane Norberg on successful SEC tenure
Aaron Nicodemus applauds outgoing SEC whistleblower chief Jane Norberg for “revolutionizing” the program and the agency, while Kyle Brasseur laments Facebook’s ethical bungling of its recent data leak. For more Nailed It or Failed It, click here.
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SEC awards $50M to two whistleblowers in second-largest payout
A pair of tipsters were awarded over $50 million by the SEC in the agency’s second-largest payout under its successful whistleblower program.
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SEC whistleblower head Jane Norberg to depart
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program, Jane Norberg, will leave her post later this month.
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In the battle over whistleblowers, money matters
Is there competition among international regulators with courting whistleblowers? If so, writes Martin Woods, the path to victory is obvious: monetary incentives.
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Meghan Markle, Burger King, and lessons in reputation management
Aly McDevitt examines Meghan Markle’s tell-all interview with Oprah through the scope of a whistleblower and highlights Burger King’s International Women’s Day Twitter fail as a lesson for companies in assessing social media reputation risks. For more Nailed It or Failed It, click here.
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SEC issues first-ever whistleblower award pegged to DOJ settlement
For the first time, the SEC has made an award to a whistleblower who provided information that led to a related settlement by another agency—in this case, the Department of Justice.
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OSHA will handle antitrust, AML retaliation claims from whistleblowers
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will oversee worker retaliation claims for two new categories of whistleblowers—antitrust and anti-money laundering.
