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Following our annual tradition — which started over a decade ago — we are analyzing the year's 10 most significant whistleblower and retaliation events. As you'll see, in 2024, actions taken by a range of courts and...more
In the second installment of this two-part interview, host Kevin Muhlendorf continues the conversation on the complexities of parallel investigations with Brian Young, Director of the Whistleblower Office at the Commodity...more
2023 was another groundbreaking year for whistleblower litigation and bounty awards. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shattered records by issuing a $279 million award and continued to actively enforce the...more
2021 was another blockbuster year in the whistleblowing and retaliation arena. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower has now issued in excess of $1 billion in whistleblower bounties. ...more
Takeaway: 2021 has been a record year for the SEC’s whistleblower program with awards for fiscal year 2021 topping $500 million and total awards now exceeding $1 billion. This reflects both a pro-whistleblower administration...more
While much of the corporate legal world has been focused on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a little-noticed case working its way through the federal courts in Washington, D.C. threatens to whittle down the scope of...more
On May 22, Judge Gardephe granted a motion to dismiss in Kirschner v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a case that, among other things, considered whether the origination and distribution of a syndicated bank loan is subject to...more
Background - A Company received a grand jury subpoena under the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) seeking information about an employee of one of the Company’s customers, who was the target of a criminal investigation. The...more
On Sept. 27, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Mylan N.V., a global pharma company that manufactures and sells EpiPen, which is used to treat serious allergic reactions, agreed to pay $30...more
Former CEO of Virginia-Based Contractor to Pay $20M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations - On August 20, 2019, the majority owner and former Chief Executive Officer of Virginia-based defense contractor ADS, Inc. –...more
DOJ News - Inpatient Rehabilitation Company Agrees to Pay $48 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - DOJ announced that Encompass Health Corporation (f/k/a HealthSouth Corporation), the nation’s largest operator of...more
Breakingviews on what the White House’s intervention into Broadcom’s [dropped] bid for Qualcomm could mean for the US-based chip maker. [Hint, it involves China, and it’s not great for the big Q]....more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more
As criminal law has expanded into almost every sector of the American economy, one byproduct is the rise of "parallel proceedings"—lawsuits that proceed concurrently in criminal and civil court based on largely the same...more
Blackstone is spinning off a new housing maintenance and rental venture in the form of Invitation Homes LP, which could see an IPO as early as January 2017. Invitation Homes is the culmination of a four-year, $10 billion...more
On September 9, 2016, the SEC filed a complaint against RPM International Inc. (“RPM”) and the company’s General Counsel/CCO. The SEC claims the company filed false and misleading SEC filings that failed to disclose any loss...more