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The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently issued an interim final rule revising the regulations governing whistleblower complaints under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX").

The recent legislative changes to whistleblowing protection introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has led the UK Government to call for evidence on whether the provisions unaffected by the ERRA could also be amended and revised.

On October 18, 2017, a federal district judge in Alaska ordered a former employee to pay nearly $170,000 of his ex-employer's legal fees as sanction for removing nine attorney-client privileged documents...

The SEC's whistleblower program has now awarded more than $62 million to 28 whistleblowers since its inception in 2011.

The SEC recently warned businesses not to attempt to disincentivize company whistleblowers from bringing alleged wrongdoing to the attention of the SEC.

On March 4, 2014, the United States Supreme Court expanded the scope of the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in "Lawson v. FMR LLC".

Here are the top 10 events this year that altered the landscape of whistleblower law and heightened the risks.

For the second time in recent weeks—after recently discussing the SEC’s $14 million award—I spoke with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN, this time on the $1.9 million award handed out by OSHA to a SOX whistleblower.

It's been five years since Dodd-Frank gave whistleblowers a way to report company misdoings. What are the first things your company should do when faced with a whistleblower complaint?

The CFTC awarded more than $2 million to an individual whistleblower for information provided in connection with a CFTC ...

The CFTC awarded approximately $2.5 million to an individual whistleblower for information provided in connection with a CFTC action

Companies should take the next few weeks to review internal compliance and reporting programs, as well as internal investigations procedures before the final whistleblower rules under the Dodd-Frank Act are released by the SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission).

Orrick’s Employment Law & Litigation Group invite you to join an interactive discussion of critical employment law issues impacting the financial services industry.

On January 21, 2016, the CFTC launched a new website to provide the public with information about whistleblower rights and protections...

On July 31, in the waning days of the 112th Congress, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the "Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act," designated as S. 3462.

US Supreme Court Narrows Whistleblower Definition Under Dodd-Frank Act

This was the first ever whistleblower award to a company outsider since the beginning of the SEC whistleblower programme in 2011.

Allegations of corporate malfeasance may arise in myriad ways: whistleblowers, current or former employees, internal or external auditors, shareholders, the media, regulatory or law enforcement agencies, and/or the plaintiff 's bar.