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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

National Law Journal

Ex-KPMG Director Claimed He Was Fired After Questioning Audit Staffing

New filings in the whistleblower case at the U.S. Labor Department indicate KPMG, which has denied any wrongdoing, has reached a settlement with the ex-director's lawyers at Outten & Golden.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York City Bar Calls for US AG William Barr's Recusal in Ukraine Matter

If Barr does not recuse himself, the bar association's statement said, "he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress."
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Whistleblower's Renewed Connection to Corporate Governance

The current CIA whistleblower controversy in Washington, D.C. offers just that—an opportunity to remind the board of its important oversight obligations with respect to the company's whistleblower process.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Managing Whistleblowers from an Employer's Perspective

Whistleblowing has been a part of the legal lexicon in this country since the Civil War when, in response to contractors defrauding the government,…
6 minute read

Law.com

Labor of Law: Pam Karlan's Bias Petition Catches SCOTUS Attention | L&E Names on 'Demand Justice' High-Court Wish List | New DOL Whistleblower Ruling | Who Got the Work

The U.S. Supreme Court is calling for the views of the solicitor general in a race bias case brought by Stanford's Pam Karlan. Plus: several Obama-era L&E agency leaders are being pitched by the progressive group Demand Justice as would-be Democratic nominees to SCOTUS. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, headlines and more!
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