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Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Vatican Recognizes Importance of Financial Whistleblowers, But Offers No Anonymity

In January, the Vatican issued new procedures on whistleblowing, expanding on 2019 procedures for reporting financial anomalies to the Office of the Auditor General. The new procedures are a recognition of the importance of...more

NAVEX

SEC Office of the Whistleblower Annual Report to Congress – 3 Things You Need to Know

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On November 14, 2023 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its annual Office of the Whistleblower Report to Congress for fiscal year 2023 (October 1, 2022-September 30, 2023). This report highlighted several...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Showing Its Claws with Increased Focus on Recouping Executive Comp

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The government's focus on clawbacks is at a fever pitch. At the Practicing Law Institute's SEC Speaks conference earlier this month, senior officials within the SEC's Division of Enforcement emphasized the agency's increasing...more

The Volkov Law Group

NAVEX Issues 2022 Ethics Hotline Benchmarking Report: Whistleblower Reporting Rates and Retaliation Increase

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As the leading hotline provider in the global market, NAVEX is in the unique position of collecting and analyzing employee reporting trends.  Each year, NAVEX issues an important report on current trends in employee...more

Foley Hoag LLP

SEC Brings First Enforcement Action Against Issuer for Disclosures About Financial Effects of COVID-19

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On December 4, 2020, the SEC brought its first case charging a public company, The Cheesecake Factory, with making misleading disclosures about the effects of COVID-19 on its business operations and financial condition. The...more

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Did Tesco Act Too Hastily in Entering Into DPA Negotiations? (Serious Fraud Office v Tesco Stores Ltd)

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What is the background to this DPA and why is it only now being published? On 29 October 2014, the SFO opened an investigation into Tesco Stores Ltd in relation to a suspected offence of false accounting, contrary to...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Disclosure Tone after Financial Misconduct

In a recent paper titled “Damage Control: Changes in Disclosure Tone After Financial Misconduct,” authors Rebecca L. Files, Alex Holcomb, Gerald S. Martin, and Paul Mason assess how companies change the tone of their required...more

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