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SEC Hands Out $700,000 Award to Whistleblower

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded a whistleblower with more than $700,000 after the whistleblower’s reports to the agency resulted in a successful enforcement action. Three other whistleblowers Read More

SEC Aims to Ensure Whistleblowers are Uninhibited

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

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

Bank of America Subsidiary Pays $36 Million Settlement in Overtime Lawsuit

Lansafe Appraisal Services Inc., an appraisal subsidiary of Bank of America, recently agreed to pay a $36 million settlement in a class action lawsuit in which the company was accused Read More

Whistleblower Lawsuit Proceeds Against Pennsylvania Turnpike

A former Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission manager filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the agency, alleging he was wrongfully terminated in 2008 after he reported various wasteful practices, politically motivated contracts and Read More

Kmart Pays $1.4 Million Settlement in Medicare Fraud Case

The Kmart Corporation has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle allegations by the federal government that it violated the False Claims Act. The U.S. Department of Justice said Kmart Read More

First ACA Whistleblower Claim Resolved with $6.88 Million Settlement

In the first-ever healthcare fraud lawsuit resulting from whistleblower actions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a provider of home medical care services to medically vulnerable children has Read More

Alternative Dispute Resolution Can Work Well in Whistleblower Cases

When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it included a whistleblower provision (Section 806) that protected employees of public companies who were victims of retaliation after they had either Read More

SEC Clarifies Discrepancy in Whistleblower Definitions

An important milestone in U.S. whistleblower protections came last August when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clarified some existing discrepancies in what constitutes “whistleblowers” and the protections afforded to Read More

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