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Weekly Blockchain Blog - August 2024 #3

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Crypto Firms Announce New Products in Payments, Investments, Custody - A major U.S. digital asset management company recently announced the creation and public launch of its MakerDAO Trust, which “offers investors the...more

Pollock Cohen LLP

Financial Frauds 101 Overview: What’s a Security? What’s a Commodity? Which Whistleblower Program Applies?

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There should be a short answer to the question of which whistleblower program applies in which situation. And sometimes there is; but not always. Securities (like stocks) are regulated by the SEC (Securities and Exchange...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Eleventh Circuit Adopts Employer-Friendly Standard for Establishing Key Element of SOX Whistleblower Claim

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On September 25, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit clarified what a whistleblower plaintiff must allege to demonstrate they had a “reasonable belief” that their employer violated the...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

The Federal Government Rewards Tech and Crypto Workers Who Expose Their Employer’s Illegal Actions

As an employee in the technology or cryptocurrency industry, you hoped to put your skills to use behind a company that could make a real difference in the world. However, both tech companies and cryptocurrency companies...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

7th Cir. Affirms Summary Judgment On Illinois Whistleblower Act and Illinois Jury Act Retaliation Claims

On April 14, 2022, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the entry of summary judgment on claims under the Illinois Whistleblower Act and Illinois Jury Act, concluding that the plaintiff was not terminated for engaging in protected...more

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom

NRC’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Dismisses Violations of NRC’s Anti-Retaliation Regulation

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In a recent Memorandum and Order (Order), an NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) unanimously granted summary disposition to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), dismissing three alleged violations and partially...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

CA District Court: Dodd Frank Whistleblower Provision Does Not Apply Extraterritorially

On June 28, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted the Company’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss after an executive claimed he was discharged in violation of the Dodd-Frank...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Fired Employee Alleges Employer Unlawfully Retaliated Against Him For Complaining of PPP Fraud

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Civil litigation by private parties alleging False Claims Act (“FCA”) violations related to Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud appears to be heating up. On September 22, 2021, a former restaurant manager filed a...more

Williams Mullen

How Does the Government Learn About Export Violations?

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One of the most enduring questions of business executives and export professionals is how does the government learn about export violations? If my company has a possible violation, what are the chances that the government...more

Troutman Pepper

Employers Beware: Federal Court Upholds Aggressive Law Enforcement Tactics When Investigating False Claims Act Allegations

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Before the government decides whether to intervene in a qui tam action, it is obligated by statute to investigate a whistleblower’s allegations. See 31 U.S.C §?3730(a). But, in the course of that investigation, may the...more

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Airline Industry Alert: Dismissal of AIR21 Whistleblower Claim

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On August 23, 2019, a Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed a claim filed against Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta) by former pilot Karl Seuring (Complainant) under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment...more

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