The Power of Whistleblowers in Exposing Fraud
- posted: Jan. 23, 2024
- Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation, Fraud
Whistleblowers play a critical role in exposing corruption and illegal activities. Despite the risks to their personal and professional lives, individuals with information about corporate wrongdoing regularly step forward to Read More
What Three SEC Whistleblower Protection Actions Say About Employee Agreements
- posted: Dec. 21, 2023
- Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation
Three recent enforcement actions from the SEC underscore the importance of companies reviewing their employee agreements, especially in relation to whistleblower protection. All three cases targeted both private and public companies Read More
Aveta Settles Suit Alleging it Defrauded Medicare of $1 Billion
- posted: Oct. 09, 2020
- Whistleblower Litigation, Fraud
Josh Valdez, a former executive for a subsidiary of Aveta Inc., sued the company, claiming it had spent years engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare of hundreds of millions Read More
Alaskan Aviation Company Will Pay $500,000 in Whistleblower Case
- posted: Jan. 07, 2019
- Whistleblower Litigation
Bald Mountain Air Service, an aviation company based in Anchorage, Alaska, will pay out $500,000 in a whistleblower case in accordance with a ruling handed down by an administrative law Read More
Gag Orders at Federal Agencies Violate Whistleblower Laws
- posted: Aug. 27, 2018
- Whistleblower Litigation
Over the last year and a half, there have been numerous reports about employees of federal agencies not being allowed to use specific words when preparing documents for Congress or Read More
SandRidge Energy Inc. Settles Whistleblower Retaliation Case
- posted: Mar. 20, 2017
- Whistleblower Litigation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that SandRidge Energy Inc., an Oklahoma City-based oil and gas company, has settled charges of illegal separation agreements and whistleblower retaliation. Read More
SEC Aims to Ensure Whistleblowers are Uninhibited
- posted: Mar. 28, 2016
- Whistleblower Litigation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has done a lot to increase the protections afforded to whistleblowers in the last several years. In 2015, the agency took several steps to Read More
How Businesses Can Strengthen Compliance, Support Whistleblowers
- posted: Mar. 24, 2016
- Whistleblower Litigation
It’s natural for employers to feel as if they are in a tough spot when it comes to protecting confidentiality related to whistleblower claims, as these actions inherently come from Read More
CFTC Starts Flexing Muscle in New Whistleblower Program
- posted: Jun. 16, 2014
- Employee Rights
Although it has been nearly four years since the passage of the massive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, changes to the Act and the myriad of regulations Read More
