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CFTC Report Highlights Whistleblowers Tips to Other Regulators Qualify for Awards
This piece first appeared in The National Law Review. The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) submitted its annual report ...
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues $200 Million Whistleblower Award
Largest award ever to an individual whistleblower Washington, D.C. October 21, 2020. Today the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the larges ...
Whistleblower Attorneys Applaud New Bill to Strengthen IRS Whistleblower Program
Yesterday, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act. This legislation will streng ...
SEC Issues More Than $31 Million in Whistleblower Awards
Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards of over $31 million to whistleblowers that assisted the ag ...
Senator Grassley Encourages AG Garland to Enforce FCA
In a letter sent to Merrick Garland last month, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urged the U.S. Attorney General nominee to ensure enforcement of the Fal ...
Senators Introduce Bill to Rescue CFTC Whistleblower Program
Yesterday, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the CFTC Fund Management ...
Senator Grassley Proposes False Claims Act Reforms
During a keynote address for the 2021 Federal Bar Association Qui Tam Conference, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) discussed the need for reforms to the ...
Journalists Call for Trump to Pardon Swiss Bank Whistleblower
As President Donald Trump heads into his last few weeks in office, he has started to hand out pardons. This has prompted calls for the President to pa ...
Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act Includes Whistleblower Protections
This article was originally published in The National Law Review On October 30, 2020, President Trump signed into law sweeping Olympic reform legislat ...
SEC Publishes New Whistleblower Rules; Deadlines Impact Thousands of Cases
Today, the Federal Register published the Whistleblower Program Rule changes approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC" or "Comm ...
CFTC Whistleblower Program Sees Huge Increase in Tips and Awards
According to a report released on November 2, 2020, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) saw a 126% increase in whistle ...
Danske Bank Whistleblower Howard Wilkinson Wins Prestigious International Award
Today, during a virtual ceremony, Danske Bank whistleblower Howard Wilkinson was chosen as a joint winner of the Allard Prize for International Integr ...