Santa Ana, CA On May 1, the jury in Lawson v. PPG Industries, Inc. awarded Wally Lawson $20,000 in back pay and $2 million in noneconomic damages after he was fired for exposing... Read more »
Home Daily News Whistleblower alleges 3rd Circuit nominee… Judiciary Whistleblower alleges 3rd Circuit nominee Emil Bove suggested ignoring court orders while at DOJ By Debra Cassens Weiss June 25, 2025, 10:17 am... Read more »
Home Daily News Whistleblower alleges 3rd Circuit nominee… Judiciary Whistleblower alleges 3rd Circuit nominee Emil Bove suggested ignoring court orders while at DOJ By Debra Cassens Weiss June 25, 2025, 10:17 am... Read more »
On September 23, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its final rules adopting several amendments to its whistleblower program rules, which were part of its 2018 notice of proposed... Read more »
On March 14, the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a $1.25 million whistleblower award to an individual who voluntarily provided original information that led to a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower learned of... Read more »
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will test out a program to pay whistleblowers if they provide information on serious financial... Read more »
Quick Hits DOJ Deputy AG Monaco announced the department will launch a pilot program to make whistleblowers who voluntarily provide truthful information not already known by the DOJ eligible to share in... Read more »
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced the contours of a new Department of Justice (DOJ) pilot program (Pilot) offering financial incentives to individual whistleblowers who report certain... Read more »
Passed in the final days of 2022, the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act has the potential to be one of the most important anti-corruption laws ever passed. The law addressed loopholes in the AML... Read more »
Executive Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that a whistleblower under the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is not required to prove the employer acted with retaliatory intent to prevail... Read more »