On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA).1 The CTA requires all U.S. businesses to file “beneficial ownership”...more
1/12/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Data Protection ,
Data Storage ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Patriot Act ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shell Corporations ,
Tax Returns
Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include:
Upward...more
1/28/2019
/ Annual Reports ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
CEOs ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
NYDFS ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include:
Only...more
4/18/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Bright-Line Rule ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Effective immediately, a settlement agreement or a judgment with the government must set forth the specific amount of restitution, remediation of property, or monies paid to come into compliance with any law violated, for...more
The Supreme Court in Digital Realty Trust narrowed the definition of a whistleblower under the Dodd-Frank Act only to those persons who have provided information of a securities laws violation to the U.S. Securities and...more
2/22/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Split of Authority ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
The new tax law changed the deductibility of settlements with government agencies in some circumstances thereby increasing the cost to companies to settle these cases. The deduction arose from the section in the Internal...more
2/19/2018
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Fines ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Section 162(f) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions
...On July 25, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was awarding nearly $2.5 million to a government employee who tipped off the SEC to a company’s wrongdoing.
Although the SEC does not...more
10/19/2017
/ Appeals ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial CHOICE Act ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Investors ,
Misclassification ,
OFCCP ,
Private Sector ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Split of Authority ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. ...more
4/21/2017
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Dismissals ,
Dodd-Frank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Investment Adviser ,
Job Duties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retaliation ,
Reversal ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
Supervisors ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination