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Congress recently passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ("DTSA"), which President Obama signed into law on May 11, 2016.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act ("FCA") complaint in United States ex rel. Dunn v. North Memorial Health Care (8th Cir. No. 13-1099, Jan. 9, 2014) for failing to meet the particularity requirements of Rule 9(b).

Partner Michael Bowe wrote an article for the New York Law Journal discussing the importance of robust, effective pre-litigation investigations during major cases and their essential elements.

An unusually exciting whistleblower ("qui tam") case involving unclaimed gift cards in Delaware has now been unsealed.

News leaked late last week that Swiss banking giant UBS is again under DOJ investigation for aiding tax fraud by U.S. clients.

Nevada lawmakers have proposed to take a page from the False Claims Act and add a whistleblower provision to existing cannabis law.

Jenny's remarks underscore DOJ's continuing focus on its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, an effort it announced in May 2025 to use the FCA, with its treble damages and penalties, to investigate federal funds recipients' DEI practices as violations of civil rights laws. DOJ previously announced this was a priority of the Civil Division.

Recently, the SEC announced its largest whistleblower award to date − an expected award of $30-35 million − to be issued to a foreign resident.

The SEC awarded over $4.5 million to a whistleblower for information provided in connection with an SEC case and related action.

On April 28, 2015, the SEC announced that it awarded a whistleblower the maximum award of 30 percent of the amounts collected in connection with the SEC's first anti-retaliation case.

On November 4, 2015, the SEC announced that it would pay a former investment firm employee a whistleblower bounty award totaling more than $325,000.

An important key to success for any not-for-profit organization is having the right governance policies and procedures in place.

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to prospective whistleblowers in Digital Realty Trust Inc. v. Somers (February 21, 2018), making it more difficult to bring a retaliation claim under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

On May 27, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance to the Fraud Section of the Civil Division and assistant U.S. attorneys investigating False Claims Act (FCA) violations aimed...

On August 1 2024, the Department of Justice's Criminal Division (DOJ) launched its highly anticipated whistleblower awards program.

Courts are increasingly scrutinizing agreements that extend beyond what is necessary to protect bona fide confidential information and trade secrets.

Most notably, Indiana's Securities Division awarded $95,000 to a whistleblower based on civil penalties imposed on a multinational financial services firm.

On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court settled an inconsistency that has divided the courts of appeal with respect to the proper evidentiary standard for whistleblower retaliation claims...