Topic
Whistleblower Program
178 published works
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
New York Times Discusses the Growth of Whistleblower Programs
By Lloyd B. Chinn, Harris Mufson, Allison Martin
As federal agencies dole out record-breaking awards to tipsters (such as the SEC’s recent $30 million award), whistleblower programs remain a topic of public interest. Earlier this month, The New York Times…
Asset Search Blog
Detecting Hidden Assets By Putting Tipsters To Work
By Fred Abrams
How can one detect assets one is unaware of? Sometimes by putting tipsters to work and collecting their tips. These tips may be gathered in a variety of ways. “An…
White Collar Briefly
Big Paydays for Whistleblowers? Not so fast…
By Perkins Coie
With over 10,000 whistleblower tips since 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently unveiled its most detailed portrait yet of the whistleblowers who have received awards under the SEC incentive program created by…
The D&O Diary
SEC: Number of Whistleblower Reports Continues to Increase
The number of whistleblower reports to the SEC increased again in the latest fiscal year, according to the annual report of the SEC whistleblower office. The report, which the SEC…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC Hands Out First Whistleblower Award
By Kevin M. Foley, James M. Brady
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced the first award under its whistleblower program. The CFTC will pay an anonymous recipient approximately $240,000 for providing information about violations of the…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
CFTC Awards Its First Whistleblower Award
On May 20, 2014, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an award of $240,000 to an anonymous whistleblower who provided “valuable information” concerning unexplained Commodity Exchange Act violations by…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
Senators Grassley, Alexander Question Effectiveness of DOL’s Whistleblower Protection Program
By Steven J. Pearlman, Harris Mufson, Alychia Lynn Buchan
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Risk and Compliance Journal, on April 29, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) sent a letter to OSHA questioning the effectiveness…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
Webinar With Leaders From SEC, CFTC and OSHA Whistleblower Programs, Proskauer and Plaintiff-Side Attorney
On April 30, at 12:00 - 1:30 Central, Proskauer will participate in a webinar through BNA with leaders from the SEC, CTFC and OSHA whistleblower programs and a plaintiffs’-side whistleblower…
Subject to Inquiry
The 2013 Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program Annual Report
By Government Investigations Group
In November, the SEC Office of the Whistleblower (“OWB”) released its 2013 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (the “Report”). The Report details the number of whistleblower tips and…
The D&O Diary
SEC Releases Fiscal 2013 Whistleblower Report
Whistleblower reports to the SEC continued to rise during the latest fiscal year, according to the agency’s annual Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program report to Congress. According to the November 15, 2013…