Whistleblower Law Insights

Chicago-based Oak Street Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVS Health since 2023, has agreed to pay $60 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to insurance agents in a complex Medicare...

Three whistleblowers have been awarded $79 million for their help uncovering an offshore tax scheme spanning 15 years that recovered $263.7 million in unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest for the government...

Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced more than $3 million in collective settlements with seven public companies.  The settlements resolve allegations the companies used...

Last month, the Washington Post released the findings of their six-month investigation into rainforest carbon offset projects located in the Brazilian Amazon. The Post concluded that more than half of...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Whistleblower Office has had a busy month, awarding an impressive $124 million to whistleblowers.  Last week alone, the federal agency announced two...

On August 8, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order requiring FTX Trading Ltd. and Alameda...

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to help the agency ferret out corporate crime. Under the three-year pilot program, whistleblowers can...

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) pervades current discussions in government, business, and academia.  While the potential for this rapidly developing technology is both exciting and unnerving, some...

A recent investigation into Epic Systems’ proprietary software algorithms underscores the critical importance of whistleblowers to protect patients as the health technology industry develops. STAT News...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken its first enforcement action to protect whistleblower communications to the CFTC.  On June 17, the CFTC announced a $55 million fine against global...