Rewards on a Roll: More Countries Worldwide Now Offering Whistleblower Incentives
The hottest topic in the world of whistleblowing today is monetary rewards. Long unjustly dismissed by policy-makers as perverting the ...
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Whistleblower Attorney Warns Proposed “Soft Cap” on SEC Whistleblower Awards Could Undermine Whistleblower Program’s Deterrent Effect
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon vote on proposed amendments to the agency’s highly successful whistleblower program. ...
Lithuania Benefits from New Whistleblower Law – but Whistleblowers Don’t
Europe’s first known experiment with whistleblower rewards is not off to a good start. None of the four people who ...
SEC Pays Whistleblower $2 Million for “Extraordinary” Assistance
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of approximately $2 million given to an individual ...
Idaho Legislation Would Limit Damages in Whistleblower Cases to $370,000
An Idaho bill that would limit non-economic damages in whistleblower lawsuits to $370,000 headed to the state’s governor on Wednesday. ...
SEC Awards Whistleblower $7 Million for Assisting in Investigation
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a whistleblower award of $7 million given to an individual who provided ...
Railway Ordered to Pay $1.74 Million for Whistleblower Retaliation
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado recently ordered a Railway to pay damages to a whistleblower who ...
New Rates Set for False Claims Act Whistleblower Cases
The U.S. Department of Commerce has published new rates for the civil penalties payable in False Claims Act whistleblower cases. Qui tam whistleblowers who ...
Largest Award Issued in Commodity Fraud Case
Major breakthrough for whistleblowers reporting commodity frauds WASHINGTON, D.C. | July 12, 2018—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced ...
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