Topic
Whistleblower Program
178 published works
Global Policy Watch
NHTSA Publishes Whistleblower Program Final Rule
By Sarah Wilson, Gerald Hodgkins, Thomas Brugato, John Mizerak, Joshua González, Molly Brown, Micah Telegen
On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) announced the publication of a final rule formalizing its whistleblower program. The Final Rule was officially published in the…
Eye on Enforcement
250 Whistleblower Tips: DOJ Official Discusses New Programs with Incentives for Dropping a Dime on Corporate Crime
By Brad Robertson, Brianna Rhymes
On December 6, 2024, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller provided an update on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) corporate criminal enforcement efforts during his keynote address at the Practicing…
BioSlice Blog
Landmark Whistleblower Program for China’s Healthcare Sector
On October 10, 2024, the National Medical Products Administration in China released the Draft Rule on Rewarding Internal Whistleblowers for Reporting on the Quality and Safety Issues of Drugs and…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SEC Whistleblower Program Marred by Too Much Secrecy, Two Commissioners Say
By Hester M. Peirce, Mark T. Uyeda
The Commission recently issued two whistleblower award determinations awarding an aggregate $122,000,000 among four claimants.[1] We did not support these determinations, but we are unable to explain our reasons because…
The D&O Diary
SEC Awards Two Whistleblowers Nearly $100 Million
All eyes have recently been focused on the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement of its new corporate whistleblower awards program. The DOJ’s program potentially could have a significant impact on…
FCPA Professor
Why Are “Foreign Officials” Categorically Excluded From The DOJ’s Whistleblower Program?
By Mike Koehler
This recent post highlighted the DOJ’s new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. (See here for 14 pages of guidance, and see here for the 4 page fact sheet). To be eligible for an award,…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Governance Challenges from DOJ’s New Whistleblower Pilot Program
By Michael W. Peregrine, Ashley C. Hoff
Corporate boards and their leadership teams face unique compliance oversight challenges from the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)’s new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“the Program”), the details of which were…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
News Alert: New DOJ Whistleblower Program
The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched an exciting new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. Under this pilot initiative, whistleblowers who provides the government with original information about financial crimes,…
White Collar Briefly
Navigating the DOJ’s New Whistleblower and Self-Disclosure Programs
By Shari Brandt, Chelsea Curfman, Angie Jones, Nikhila Raj
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new Whistleblower Rewards Program and its Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals will reshape the factors companies consider when investigating and disclosing any corporate…
Cartel Capers
A Modest Proposal—Antitrust Division Special Counsel for Whistleblower
By Bob Connolly
There has been a series of announcements by the Department of Justice of pilot programs designed to lure “insiders” to expose crimes, particularly financial crimes. The first announcement was a…