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Whistleblowers Proposed Regulation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - August 2024 Updates

The Senate has yet to take action on the 21st Century Act (FIT21) (H.R.4763) which passed the House by a comfortable margin of 279-136 on May 22, 2024. FIT21 is a proposed landmark piece of legislation that would enact a...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

SEC, CFTC Pass $2 Billion Award Milestone but Reforms are Still Needed

Combined, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have awarded more than $2 billion to whistleblowers. The agencies’ whistleblower programs, which were created...more

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Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations on IRS Appeals Procedures

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Taxpayers routinely resolve their tax controversy matters without resort to litigation.  Indeed, good tax professionals will often seek to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation, if possible, by utilizing various...more

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Neues zum Whistleblowing – Neuer Referentenentwurf zum Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz

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Am 13. April 2022 veröffentlichte das Bundesministerium der Justiz einen Referentenentwurf für ein Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz („HinSchG-E“). Umgangssprachlich als „Whistleblowergesetz“ bezeichnet, setzt es eine entsprechende...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 14. News Briefs: April 2021 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 14 (April 12, 2021) - Doctors Care P.A., the largest urgent care provider network in South Carolina, and its management company, UCI Medical Affiliates of South Carolina Inc., will...more

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UK House of Lords rejects public beneficial ownership registers for British Overseas Territories

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On 17 January 2018, the House of Lords voted against an amendment to the proposed Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill that sought to create a publicly accessible register of the beneficial ownership of companies...more

Dechert LLP

Ninth Circuit Joins Second Circuit in Adopting Broad Definition of “Whistleblower” Under The Dodd-Frank Act

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A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc. that the Dodd-Frank Act’s definition of “whistleblower” includes not only those who disclose information...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo Tax Talk - Volume 8, No. 3

Final and Temporary Dividend Equivalent Regulations Issued – Some Good, Some Bad, And Some Ugly: On September 17, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released final and temporary regulations under Section 871(m),...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2015

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - GSA Issues Notice of Public Meeting and Request for Comment on Proposed Rule to Amend GSAR Transactional Data Reporting - The General Services Administration (GSA) issued a notice of...more

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Proposed Rule Would Allow Contractors’ Employees To File Whistleblower Disclosures With OSC

Last week, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”), an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency that handles claims of wrongdoing within the executive branch of the federal government, proposed revising...more

King & Spalding

Health Headlines: Also in the News

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CMS Proposed Adoption of Updated Life Safety Code – Last week CMS published a proposed rule to amend the fire safety standards for certain Medicare facilities and to adopt the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code. In a Fact...more

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CMS Proposes to Increase Awards for Non-Qui Tam Whistleblowers

CMS wants to change the way that it rewards non-qui tam whistleblowers who report alleged fraudulent or unlawful conduct related to Medicare or Medicaid. Using an IRS program as a model, CMS recently proposed rule changes to...more

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