Whistleblower Law Insights

Last week, a case filed by a whistleblower who reported alleged fraud by the biotechnology company Biogen netted the largest recovery to date—$900 million—in a False Claims Act lawsuit in which the...

The IRS Whistleblower program is an important tool to detect fraud and abuse of the tax system. Since its inception in 2007, the IRS Whistleblower Office has paid out more than 2,500 awards to whistleblowers...

The SEC shows no signs of slowing down on taking enforcement actions against COVID-related fraud by public companies. On March 31, 2022, the SEC reached a settlement with healthcare software company SCWorx,...

In May, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged BNY Mellon Investment Adviser (“BNY Mellon”) with misrepresenting that certain mutual fund investments had undergone Environmental, Social, and...

The government, often with the help of whistleblowers, has had some success recently using the False Claims Act in enforcement actions against home health agencies in fraud cases. In March, a federal court...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a landmark rule that would require public companies to disclose information about climate-related material risks likely to impact their businesses...

The US Department of Justice has raised the minimum and maximum penalties that can be assessed for violations of the False Claims Act, as well as civil monetary penalties under other laws, as part of...

Because some companies fail to disclose cybersecurity incidents as required or violate other Securities and Exchange Commission cybersecurity-related rules, whistleblowers with information about disclosure...

“The Hard Sell – Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup,” a new, critically acclaimed book by Evan Hughes, tells the story of the rise of pharma company Insys through illegal kickbacks to doctors...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program had a record-breaking year in a number of ways, according to the SEC’s recently released 2021 Annual Report to Congress on the whistleblower...