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New York Law Journal

Incentivizing SEC Whistleblowers and Cooperating Companies

In this Corporate Crime column, Steven M. Witzel and Chelsea P. Azrak discuss two separate SEC annual reports setting forth expected new policies and highlighting recent practices designed to further incentivize individual whistleblowers and cooperating companies to report and address violations of the securities laws.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Sanford Heisler Sitting Pretty in $1.28B Whistleblower Suit

The 55-lawyer firm has been on a roll of late, making appearances in a slew of high profile cases.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hospital System Agrees to Pay $20.25M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

The hospital entities of Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center and the Sanford Clinic of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed to pay $20.25 million to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to federal health care programs.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Whistleblowing in the Era of Trump: How Do Your Employees Feel?

Whistleblowing has received more publicity in the past couple of months than ever before. I cannot help but wonder what effect this coverage may have on potential workplace whistleblowers.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A Law Student Tested Facebook. Experts Say He's the One Who Failed

Connecticut law school student Cameron Atkinson has sued Facebook, alleging the social media giant censored him by deleting his posts naming the alleged Trump-Ukrainian whistleblower.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury Awards $1M to Lawyer Stiffed on Legal Fee After IRS Whistleblower Case Settled

The plaintiff was to receive 20% of any settlement from the whistleblower case, but his client instead said he'd get "zero" of the $4.9 million award.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Rejects Bids for Whistleblower Awards Stemming From $55M Deutsche Bank Settlement

The three-judge panel agreed with regulators that the evidence presented merely repeated information already at the disposal of investigators.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Covington Team Beats Multi-Billion FCA Claim

'We hope this case will be a useful touchpoint for companies who face similar FCA allegations premised on non-compliance with informal agency guidance.'
11 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC's Newest Whistleblower Charges Spotlight Investors as Potential Tipsters

"The SEC's whistleblower protections broadly protect not just employees, but anyone who seeks to report potential securities law violations to the commission," said Jane Norberg, the chief of the SEC's whistleblower office.
3 minute read

Law.com

Labor of Law: KPMG Settles Whistleblower, OFCCP Claims | McDermott Boosts Global Employment Team | DLA Piper Dustup | Who Got the Work

Welcome to Labor of Law. We've got the latest on a KPMG whistleblower settlement, and scroll down for Who Got the Work and more. McDermott's boosting its global employment team, and Ogletree is defending a major real estate company in a new age-bias case. Thanks for reading!
10 minute read

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