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In March of 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, on behalf of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), announced a new, three-year Corporate Whistleblower Award Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”), designed to incentivize and reward certain individuals who report corporate wrongdoing. 

A question that we are occasionally asked concerns attorneys as whistleblowers. It’s a reasonable question—who is better positioned to know whether their employer (for in-house counsel) or client (external counsel) is following the rules? But with knowledge comes duty, and