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New Report Calls for More Whistleblower Award Programs Like the SEC’s
On December 7, Better Markets, a nonprofit organization which promotes the public interest in the financial markets, published a new report on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Whistleblower Program. The 12-page report documents the program’s immense success and...
Recent SEC Enforcement Put Pressure on Companies to Not Stifle Whistleblowing
In recent months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stepped up its enforcement of Rule 21F-17(a), filing a number of enforcement actions against companies for stifling whistleblowing through restrictive nondisclosure agreements and other employee agreements. New reporting by...
Alleged Internal Reporting at OpenAI Ushers in Opportunity for Employees to Blow the Whistle
Reports of internal reporting at OpenAI on an innovation to develop powerful artificial intelligence models have furthered speculations around the initial dismissal of CEO Sam Altman, who was reinstated four days later. The model, Q*, made a breakthrough in its...
IRS Awards $15.1 Million to Whistleblower for Exposing Tax Evasion Scheme
On November 29, whistleblower attorneys Dean Zerbe and Stephen M. Kohn announced that a joint client received an IRS whistleblower award of $15.1 million. The anonymous whistleblower provided the IRS with information about a sophisticated tax evasion scheme being carried out by...
Advocates Seek to Educate AI Employees About Whistleblower Rights
In light of recent developments at OpenAI, whistleblower advocates are highlighting the whistleblower rights afforded to employees of AI technology companies. In particular, advocates point to the ability of individuals to anonymously report corporate fraud under the U.S. Securities and...
Advocates Continue to Push for IRS Whistleblower Program Reform
Since it was introduced in March, whistleblower advocates have been calling for the passage of the bipartisan IRS Whistleblower Improvement Act which makes technical reforms to the struggling IRS Whistleblower Program. In a new op-ed a leading whistleblower attorney explains...
Facebook Whistleblower Details Meta’s Disregard for Teen Distress
Arturo Bejar, former senior engineer and product leader at Facebook, testified to the Congressional Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on November 7, discussing teen’s experience with online harassment, insufficient reporting mechanisms, and recommendations on how to pressure Meta...
SEC Whistleblower Program had a Record-Setting 2023 Fiscal Year
On November 14, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its enforcement results for the 2023 Fiscal Year. In addition to detailing the agency’s enforcement successes, the SEC’s announcement revealed that the 2023 Fiscal Year was a record year...
Dodd-Frank Act Programs Have Awarded over $2 Billion to Whistleblowers
During the 2023 Fiscal Year, the Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower programs of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) surpassed $2 billion in whistleblower awards, according to the whistleblower law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto....
SEC Received Record Number of Whistleblower Tips in 2023 Fiscal Year
On October 25, Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, revealed that the SEC Whistleblower Program received a record 18,000 whistleblower tips in the 2023 Fiscal Year. “The public’s tips, complaints, and referrals (TCRs) are essential to...
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