All Whistleblower articles
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Webcast
Webcast: The DOJ’s Corporate Whistleblower Program: What we’ve learned and how it can change in the future
We will discuss the critical role whistleblowers play in law enforcement, and how the DOJ has structured its program to incentivize people to come forward.
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News Brief
CFTC cites ‘unreasonably delayed reporting’ for unevenly split $4M whistleblower award
“Unreasonably delayed reporting” cost one of two claimants whom will unevenly split a $4 million whistleblower award from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for providing information that led to a successful enforcement action.
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Webcast
CPE Webcast: Protect Your Business: Mastering whistleblower reporting for SMBs
Register for this webcast to gain expert strategies for creating a strong whistleblower program in your business.
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News Brief
SEC penalizes seven firms $3M total for impeding whistleblower protections
Seven public companies will pay a total of $3 million in fines for requiring employees to sign agreements containing provisions that impeded their ability to report misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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News Brief
Kindred hospice agrees to pay $19M in multi-state DOJ false claims case
A multi-state hospice home health provider agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks and knowingly billed federal health programs to treat non-terminally ill patients.
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News Brief
Employees accuse OpenAI of illegal NDAs blocking whistleblower rights
Anonymous employees of OpenAI accused the company of requiring employees to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that “prohibited and discouraged” them from reporting securities law violations to federal regulators.
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News Brief
CFTC awards whistleblower $8M despite involvement in misconduct
A whistleblower received an $8 million award from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for uncovering fraud—even though the agency deemed the whistleblower was culpable in the misconduct.
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News Brief
CFTC orders Trafigura to pay $55M over fraud, impeding whistleblowers
Singapore-based commodity trading company Trafigura will pay $55 million to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to settle charges related to fraud, manipulation, and impeding whistleblower communications with the agency.
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Resource
e-Book: What whistleblowers want compliance officers to know
A five-part series from Compliance Week and SAI360 chronicles the experience of whistleblowers—and what CCOs can learn from their stories.
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Article
Steven Pearlman: The whistleblower’s ally
When it comes to tackling whistleblower cases, Steven Pearlman has the skills, expertise, and legal acumen “in spades.”
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Blog
SEC awards $4M to overseas whistleblower
The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded nearly $4 million to an overseas whistleblower whose “extensive assistance” helped it bring a successful enforcement action, the agency announced on Sept. 24.
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Blog
SEC awards $54M to two whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it is awarding $54 million to two whistleblowers, whose critical information and continued assistance helped the agency bring an enforcement action.
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Article
Barclays’ CEO fined, but retained, as bank faces more scrutiny
Barclays CEO Jes Staley has been hit with hefty fines and penalties from U.K. regulators, but the bank is standing behind its man—will it pay the price for that decision?
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Article
Barclays’ Staley to be fined in whistleblower case
Barclays bank chief Jes Staley gets to keep his job but faces a significant fine after admitting using bank staff to try to reveal a whistleblower’s identity.
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Blog
Public-private structure key to whistleblower program's success
The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program has essentially widened the net of information available to the SEC.
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Blog
The dangers of unmasking whistleblowers
What kind of message does it send when a CEO tries to identify a whistleblower among the ranks of his employees?
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Blog
SEC: Whistleblower collects $2.2M after first reporting to another federal agency
A former company insider whose tips helped the SEC open an investigation that led to an enforcement action was awarded more than $2.2 million. The whistleblower first reported the information to another federal agency and later provided the same information to the SEC.
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Blog
Barclays trying not to be the U.K.’s Wells Fargo
As one of the U.K.'s top banks struggles with numerous scandals, its audit committee shows there is still a way forward.
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Blog
SEC doles out its largest ever whistleblower awards
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its highest ever Dodd-Frank whistleblower awards, with two whistleblowers sharing a nearly $50 million award and a third whistleblower receiving more than $33 million.
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Article
New DoJ policies favor corporate defendants
The Justice Department has issued a trio of memoranda that provides a wealth of legal, compliance, and internal audit insight on whistleblower complaints or false claims cases.