Whistleblower Law Insights

The Bank of Nova Scotia’s recent $127 million settlement with the government for “spoofing” and other conduct set several records. The BNS settlement announced Aug. 19 included a $42 million penalty...

The DOJ and SEC’s recent release of an updated edition of “A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act” affirms a broad application of agency anti-corruption enforcement powers, while...

The Cephalon whistleblower who first exposed the pharma company’s off-label marketing of potentially dangerous drugs has published a book that tells the heartfelt story of his experience as a whistleblower....

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken its first enforcement action involving coronavirus-related fraud against a Florida man who regulators say falsely claimed to be a forex trader. James...

Covid-19 has spread rapidly throughout the United States, and so has Covid-19 fraud. Criminals respond quickly and imaginatively to opportunity, and there has been no greater opportunity in recent memory...

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, starting this...

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Liu v SEC, issued this week, is a significant win for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program. The court affirmed the SEC’s ability to order disgorgements...

The Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program set a record last week when the SEC awarded a former banking insider nearly $50 million, which is the largest SEC whistleblower award made to...

Whistleblower reports of misconduct by financial companies in the United Kingdom increased slightly in the past year, according to new data. Kroll, an investigations and management firm, obtained data...

Whistleblowers should be protected for playing a vital role in exposing bribery that threatens the international response to the coronavirus pandemic, says the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...