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Some employers in the health care and other industries who regularly deal with the federal government and are subject to the False Claims Act ("FCA")...

On February 8, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States clarified the standard for proving causation under the whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley...

Imagine you own a company that does business with a federal agency.

In making this award, the SEC adopted the preliminary determination of its Claims Review Staff.

Last Friday, the SEC announced a whistleblower award of more than $3.5 million to an employee whose tip advanced an SEC investigation into the whistleblower's company.

On Monday, March 20, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Verble v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC., thereby declining an opportunity to resolve a conflict...

In the five years since President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Act into law, the number of whistleblower allegations continues to increase. If a whistleblower came forward today, would your company know what to do with the report?

On June 28, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued a new directive that establishes a change in its inspection and enforcement procedures to facilitate...

Last week, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion about how health care entities deal with reported compliance concerns...

The Act provides a federal civil remedy for misappropriation of trade secrets. There is no amount in controversy threshold.

In Khazin v. TD Ameritrade, No. 14-1689, 2014 WL 6871393 (3rd Cir. Dec. 8, 2014), the Third Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision compelling arbitration of a Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claim.

In the aftermath of concerns on student-athlete safety following the death of a Maryland football player during conditioning drills last year.

Earlier this year, the UK Government announced plans to review the country's existing whistleblowing framework. In recent years, the current framework has been subject to criticism...

Earlier this week, the Senate approved an anti-retaliation bill aimed at protecting whistleblowers that report or participate in investigations of violations of antitrust law.

The DOJ Antitrust Division’s new Whistleblower Rewards Program could have negative unintended consequences for the leniency program and corporate compliance programs.

On June 28, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted the Company's Rule 12(b)(6) ...

A Reuters article published on May 26, 2020 reports that the SEC has experienced an uptick in complaints amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite COVID-19, the need to conduct internal investigations persists. Indeed, employers have seen an increase in whistleblower and similar complaints that require employer investigation