On December 21, 2020, a Department of Labor (DOL) Administrative Law Judge awarded a whistleblower $500,000 in compensatory damages and found that Delta Air Lines (Delta) violated the whistleblower protection provision of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform...
Read moreOn January 14, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $600,000 whistleblower award issued to an individual whose disclosures and assistance helped lead to a successful SEC enforcement action. With this award, the SEC Whistleblower Program surpassed last...
Read moreOn January 8, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against Deutsche Bank for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Deutsche Bank allegedly made corrupt payments and bribes to third-party intermediaries...
Read moreOn January 7, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued over $1.1 million in whistleblower awards to five individuals. The awards were issued through three separate final orders. Each of the five whistleblowers provided the SEC with high-quality information...
Read moreOn December 18, Texas Heart Hospital of the Southwest LLP and its subsidiary THHBP Management Company, LLC (collectively THH) agreed to pay a settlement of $48 million to the U.S. government for knowingly submitting false claims through the Medicare program...
Read moreOn December 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted eight new Notices of Covered Actions (NCAs). Each NCA relates to a specific SEC enforcement action and signals that individuals may now submit whistleblower award...
Read moreOn December 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that President Trump designated Elad L. Roisman as Acting Chairman of the agency. Roisman is taking over the chairmanship from Jay Clayton who stepped down from his post after...
Read moreOn December 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $1.6 million whistleblower award issued to an individual who provided the SEC with information which played a significant role in a successful enforcement action. The award continues a...
Read moreOn December 16, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt a final rule mandating that resource extraction issuers disclose payments made to the U.S. federal government or foreign governments for the commercial development of oil, natural...
Read moreOn December 18, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced three separate whistleblower awards totaling over $3.6 million. The awards stem from three separate enforcement actions which were aided by information provided by whistleblowers. In the first order, the...
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