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Two courts in the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that the Illinois Whistleblower Act (IWA) (740 ILCS § 174/5) provides for individual liability.

On November 12, 2013, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Lawson v. FMR LLC to decide whether Sarbanes-Oxley’s whistleblower protection extends to employees of a publicly traded company’s contractors.

Whistleblower protections under the SOX Act also apply to employees of private contractors and subcontractors who contract with public companies.

A discussion on the reintroduction of a bill that would provide whistleblower protections for employees in the offshore oil and gas industries.

Cardenas was a dental hygienist. She received an expensive ring from her husband for her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

The Department of Justice announced on Febuary 13, 2013, that three whistleblowers will collectively receive $122,500 of a $700,000 settlement payment to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently made it easier for disgruntled employees to file whistleblower complaints against their current or former employers.

Next term the Supreme Court hopefully will provide an answer to the hotly debated question whether the Dodd-Frank Act's anti-retaliation provision (Section 21F) protects only those whistleblowers who report violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), or if the protections extend to those who report concerns internally.

On September 16, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the CFTC Whistleblower Alert: Be on the Lookout for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act,...

On Monday, May 19, 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued its first award to a whistleblower under its Dodd-Frank bounty program.

Whistleblower lawsuits are widespread and especially problematic in highly regulated industries such as financial services.

On May 6th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") announced that it made a whistleblower award of approximately $1.5 million to an individual whistleblower. The individual provided information that assisted

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued its first award to a whistleblower under its Dodd-Frank bounty program.

BioSpace.com has recently issued an online life sciences recruitment company, released BioSpace Annual Report: Life Sciences Employment Outlook.

The Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) requires a hospital with an emergency department (ED) to provide "an appropriate medical screening examination" ...

Two recent settlements emphasize the high cost of Medicare/Medicaid fraud allegations and the incentive for healthcare industry whistleblowers to come forward.

The Federal False Claims Act (and many similar state false claims acts) allow an individual—called a "relator"—to file a lawsuit on behalf of the United States Government.

We've discussed in the past certain risks of which investors should be aware with laboratory investments.