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CFTC Charges Trading Company With Market Manipulation and Whistleblower Protection Violations

On June 17, 2024, the CFTC's Division of Enforcement announced that it had reached a settlement with Trafigura Trading LLC ("Trafigura") over allegations that the firm manipulated oil derivatives prices while discouraging...more

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Improving the Investigation of Anonymously Reported Concerns

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The option to report a workplace concern anonymously is a foundational part of a healthy ethics and compliance program. Aside from being required by law (depending on how your organization is structured and where you do...more

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Detecting Fraud Using Emerging Technology: Don’t Be Afraid to Innovate

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In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, fraud and financial crime have become an increasingly complex and pervasive issue for organizations, big and small, global, and domestic. Fortunately, advanced technology and...more

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Leveraging Investigator-Initiated Trials in Rare Disease Drug Development

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Investigators interested in rare disease treatment development have the opportunity to approach drug and biologic developers to obtain investigational drug supply for trials in which the investigators, typically at academic...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Reading the Riot Act to the Powerful: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

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The UK Government has announced its readiness to introduce legislative reform aimed at countering the recent surge in a perceived form of tactical libel action, known in the press as “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public...more

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Property Damage Investigators Do Not Meet FLSA Administrative Exemption Test: Another Lesson For Employers On This Grayest of Gray...

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As I have written numerous times, the administrative exemption is the grayest and most difficult for an employer to prove The tension between whether duties involve skill and experience or “discretion and independent...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

US Department of Labor to Hire 100 New Investigators in the Wage and Hour Division, Signaling Increased Focus on Enforcement

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced its intention to hire 100 new investigators in its Wage and Hour Division. Currently at is lowest staffing levels in over a decade, the division oversees the enforcement...more

The Volkov Law Group

Private Health Insurance Fraud – Rooting Out Bogus Providers

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The United States spends over $2.81 trillion dollars on health care annually and generates billions of claims from millions of health care service and product providers. The vast majority of these providers of services and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Private Health Insurance Fraud — Billions And Billions

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When it comes to health insurance fraud, Carl Sagan’s obsession with the words – billions and billions — are particularly accurate. As the government’s role in health care increases, it is inevitable that fraud against...more

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SIGTARP Quarterly Report

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On July 24, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) released its quarterly report to Congress, which, among other things: (i) summarized various SIGTARP investigations and (ii) discussed...more

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Sixth Circuit Rules for Employers in FLSA Case

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed judgment for the employer in a collective action brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by 91 current and former special investigators (SIs) employed by...more

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