In just a few months, the UK’s corporate criminal liability offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud (FTPF) comes into force. Modelled on the framework of the Failure to Prevent Bribery offence, FTPF imposes strict liability on...more
6/19/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Liability ,
Enforcement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
In a decision with potentially wide-ranging implications for federal whistleblower protection law, the Second Circuit has held that plaintiffs who allege they were punished by their employers for whistleblowing activity, and...more
9/20/2022
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities Violations ,
UBS ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
In a decision with potentially wide-ranging implications for federal whistleblower protection law, the Second Circuit has held that plaintiffs who allege they were punished by their employers for whistleblowing activity, and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week OSHA will oversee the processing of worker retaliation complaints filed under two new whistleblower statutes – the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The United States Department of Justice recently filed a seismic motion to dismiss in a series of healthcare fraud-related cases. ...more
The U.S. government has recently paid substantial awards when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) awarded $290,000 to a whistleblower for providing valuable information about violations of the Commodity...more
Welcome to the fifth issue of Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation Quarterly, Seyfarth’s quarterly publication of the Securities & Financial Litigation Group focusing on decisions or other items of interest for...more
Last week, the Second Circuit heard oral arguments in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy, a case that places squarely before the Court the question of who is a “whistleblower” within the meaning of the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it had made good on its prior promises to take a hard look at employment agreements and policies that could be viewed as attempting to keep securities fraud...more