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On May 2, 2017, the Securities and Exchanges Commission issued a Dodd-Frank whistleblower award of more than $500,000 to an unidentified company employee.

Rutgers University announced its termination of the employment of men’s basketball coach Mike Rice.

Phew – it has been a whirlwind of a month in the employment law world!

We previously reported in October 2017 and March 2017 on a whistleblower litigation brought by Charles Erhart, a former Bank of Internet Holding, Inc. (Bofl) internal auditor.

Our loyal readers will recall that we recently posted on an arguably similar instance where a California court found in favor of a "whistleblower" who never even blew the whistle.

Federal law creates several whistleblower programs that offer financial rewards for reporting fraud and other misconduct.

A Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) dated May 4, 2015 reports that a backlog of tips received by the SEC Office of the Whistleblower as part of its bounty program has resulted in a delay in paying awards to tipsters.

On May 25, 2015, the Wall Street Journal published an article (subscription required) reporting that tipsters have found it difficult to collect financial awards from the SEC after filing whistleblower claims.

On May 22, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) amended its whistleblower rules to enhance protections for whistleblowers against retaliation and assert its own authority...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 13, 2015 in a government contracts whistleblower case that could have a far-reaching impact on more than just federal contractors.

The D.C. Circuit opinion restores certainty that attorneys may protect the confidentiality of communications made in the course of an internal investigation.

On August 13, the Federal Trade Commission issued the first policy statement on Section 5 of the FTC Act in the agency's 100-year history in a bipartisan, 4-1 vote.

On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced the first monetary award issued under the Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program (the Program)...

On June 15, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition issued a statement on the relationship between voluntary interviews with the agency and contractual provisions that require...

Every year, the Securities and Exchange Commission reports on the results of its whistleblower programme.

There has recently been a rash of similar anonymous whistleblower tips to public companies, each claiming that an unnamed company supervisor boasted about reaping profits from insider trading.

Some companies have been experimenting with ways to encourage internal reporting, attempting to avoid the consequences of an SEC whistleblower claim.

On April 19, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that providing testimony to FINRA (which is overseen by the SEC) ...