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CFPB Takes “Important Step in Expanding the Protection of Whistleblowers” According to Attorney
A recent circular released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) “is an important step in expanding the protection of whistleblowers from being silenced due to illegally broad NDAs” according to whistleblower attorney Benjamin Calitri. The CFPB released the circular...
SEC Awards $24 Million to Two Whistleblowers
On August 26, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted $24 million in whistleblower awards to two individuals. One whistleblower received $4 million while the second received $20 million. Through the SEC Whistleblower Program, qualified whistleblowers, individuals who voluntarily...
SEC Awards Nearly $100 Million to Whistleblowers as Program Passes $2 Billion Mark
On August 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced whistleblower awards totaling more than $99 million. In one award order, the SEC awarded more than $98 million to two whistleblowers whose disclosures contributed to a successful SEC enforcement...
Broad NDAs Silencing Whistleblowers May Be Illegal, CFPB Warns
On July 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a circular warning that broad and restrictive nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) may violate federal whistleblower protection laws. “Imposing sweeping nondisclosure agreements that do not clearly permit communication with law enforcement may...
Following Whistleblower Disclosure, Senators Demand Answers from OpenAI
On July 22, five senators sent a letter to CEO Sam Altman demanding that OpenAI turn over information about its efforts to build safe and secure artificial intelligence. Specifically, the senators requested information regarding what the company is doing to...
OpenAI Whistleblowers File Complaint with SEC on Illegal NDAs
Whistleblowers from OpenAI have filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the company is silencing employees from sharing concerns with the public and federal employees about its AI technology through its employment contracts. In...
Post-Chevron Ruling, Supreme Court Remands Key IRS Whistleblower Case
On July 2, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a DC Circuit ruling in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower case Lissack v. Commissioner. In light of the landmark Loper Bright decision, the Supreme Court has remanded the case back to...
IRS Whistleblowers Led to Over $337 Million in Collections in FY 2023
On June 24, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of the Whistleblower released its Annual Report for the 2023 Fiscal Year. During FY 2023, the IRS Whistleblower Program awarded $88.7 million to whistleblowers based on the $337 million the agency...
Airbnb Whistleblower Alleges that Company Undermined Team that Removed Extremist Users
A former employee of Airbnb is alleging that the company undermined the team tasked with removing extremist users from the platform. Jess Hernandez, previously an extremism researcher, was a contractor at Airbnb from May 2022 until November 2023. Hernandez worked...
Open Letter from OpenAI Employees Highlights Concerns Around Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
Following the revelation of OpenAI’s use of restrictive non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements, a group of thirteen AI workers - eleven current and former OpenAI employees and two current and former employees from Google DeepMind - penned an open letter on...
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