Supreme Court Upholds SEC Penalty, but Tasks Ninth Circuit with Defining Wrongful “Profits”
On June 22, 2020, the Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision in Liu v. Securities Exchange Commission, which reinforced and limited the SEC’s power to d ...
California Gains Momentum to Remove False Claims Act Tax Bar
California’s second attempt at establishing a state-based False Claims Act law which allows individuals to bring claims based on tax violations progre ...
Federal Court Mandates Agency Review Whistleblower Claim Denial
On May 12, U.S. Second Circuit Appeals Court issued the pivotal decision to require the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Securities and Exchange Com ...
Israeli Bank to Pay $30 Million for FIFA Money Laundering Violations
In 2015, the world was shocked by well-documented revelations of widespread corruption and bribery within the Fédération Internationale de Football As ...
Amazon Faces Fire for Retaliation and Possible COVID-19 related OSHA Violations in New York
In an investigation into Amazon’s March 2020 firing of former employee and organizer Christian (“Chris”) Smalls, the New York Attorney General’s offic ...
Federal Circuit Opens Doors to Retaliatory Investigations
On April 8, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dealt whistleblower protections a crippling blow when the court ruled tha ...
Whistleblowers are Essential to Monitoring COVID-19 Compliance
The Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have issued statements ...
Unix Line to Pay 1.65 Million for APPS Violations, Ocean Pollution
On Friday, March 19, Unix Line PTE Ltd., was sentenced to pay a fine of $1.65 Million and to a four-year probationary period after pleading guilty to ...
Singaporean Shipping Company Convicted of Ocean Pollution under APPS
Singaporean Shipping Company, Unix Line PTE Ltd., pled guilty to violations of ocean pollution under the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (“APPS”) ...
Airbus to Pay Unprecedented $3.9 Billion for Multinational Bribery, FCPA Violations
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest deferred prosecution agreement for violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), ...