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Creating an Army of In-House Investigators

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In its never-ending war on corporate fraud, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has just commissioned a private army to fight as never before. On August 1, the DOJ launched a three-year program to provide financial rewards to...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Supreme Court Confirms Corporate Whistleblowers Don't Have to Prove Retaliatory Intent

Tackling the tricky issue of how a plaintiff proves an employer's “intent,” in an opinion issued today, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, corporate whistleblowers have...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

UK Citizens the Most Active Players Among Foreigners Providing Whistleblower Tips to U.S. Government

Ever since the establishment of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower rewards program, there has been a steady increase in the number of foreign whistleblowers coming to the U.S. government to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Fourth Estate and Wirecard

It is one thing to wake up and find yourself as the lead story on a Sunday morning when the New York Times (NYT) runs a corruption story about your organization above the fold. It is quite another when the world’s top...more

Burr & Forman

DOJ Focuses on Individuals in Corporate Wrongdoing

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has a new view in cases involving corporate wrongdoing (includingfraud and abuse, qui tam, and similar matters). And its gaze is focused squarely on rooting out and punishing the...more

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