Whistleblower Law Insights

This month, the Department of Justice announced that in fiscal year 2025 the government recovered over $6.8 billion from settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA). This is the highest...

Last August, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security jointly announced a cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force to enhance efforts to combat customs fraud and the collection of duties...

Congress requires federal agencies to adjust civil money penalties each year to keep pace with inflation.  Under that authority, in 2025 DOJ increased the civil penalties for False Claims Act violations...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office took a big step last month in making it easier and more efficient for people to report tax fraud and noncompliance by announcing the launch of a...

Taking a page from the United States’ success with offering rewards to whistleblowers who provide valuable information about tax fraud, the United Kingdom announced as part of its November 2025 Budget...

On November 7, 2025, President Trump directed the Department of Justice to open an antitrust investigation into the country’s four largest meat packers:  JBS, Cargill, Tyson Foods and National Beef....

How Iran-Linked Companies Moved $9 Billion Through U.S. Banks How did Iran-linked companies manage to channel $9 billion through the US financial system in 2024, while avoiding widespread sanctions? An...

Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure Targets Global Fraud Ring In one of the largest forfeiture actions in the history of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), federal authorities seized about $15 billion worth of...

Key Takeaways Anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) are tariffs imposed to counteract unfair trade practices, such as foreign goods sold below cost or benefiting from government subsidies. Companies...

In the government’s latest effort to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism, FinCEN recently issued an advisory and a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) on Chinese Money Laundering Networks...