he recent payment of $50 million to a pair of whistleblowers should serve as a wake-up call to companies that the SEC’s Whistleblower Program is alive and well. Cadwalader attorneys provide five key compliance steps to help companies respond to whistleblowers and minimize their associated risks. No magic policy or state-of-the-art compliance system will fully […]
A federal appeals court has revived part of a former Citigroup worker’s whistleblower lawsuit alleging that he was fired after reporting improprieties in the firm’s internal complaint system. Former Citigroup data center employee Abdul Jaludi had sued Citigroup for alleged violations of anti-retaliation provisions of the 2002 Sarbanes Act and the U.S. Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt […]
Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a case involving allegations it knowingly sold vulnerable video surveillance software to federal, state and local government agencies. The settlement resolves claims under the federal False Claims Act and other jurisdictions arising from Cisco’s sale of defective video surveillance software to the federal government, 15 plaintiff states and the District of […]
Federal investigators have announced plans to boost resources for whistleblowers reporting fraud, corruption and other wrongdoing. The Defense Department’s Office of the Inspector General is increasing its use of analytics and artificial intelligence to support whistleblowers, while the Council of the Inspectors General, which represents more than 70 federal inspectors general, is making it easier to protect […]
If you are going to blow the whistle, do it right, says Stephen M. Kohn, chair of National Whistleblower Center. He delivered that message Monday morning during an a live interview on The Hill’s morning news show. “There are fantastic whistleblower laws,” he said. “But there are other ways people blow the whistle and they end […]
A Franklin County jury on Thursday awarded $500,000 in damages to a former Labor Cabinet employee who claimed he was fired in 2017 for reporting problems with an apprenticeship program promoted by Gov. Matt Bevin. The jury awarded Michael Donta $133,500 for lost wages plus $366,500 in punitive damages in the whistleblower case. “I feel […]
Bulletproof vests that don’t work. Russian money laundering. US tax cheats with Swiss bank accounts. No-bid, sweetheart government contracts. Once a year, whistleblowers and their supporters gather to remind each other why they risked so much to expose wrongdoing. This year’s National Whistleblower Day event will be Tuesday, July 30. It will be broadcast live from Capitol […]
Washington, D.C.–(Newsfile Corp. – July 23, 2019) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a half-million dollar award to an overseas whistleblower whose expeditious reporting helped the Commission bring a successful enforcement action. “The Commission’s whistleblower award program has reached an important milestone,” said Jane Norberg, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California company will pay the U.S. government $11million to settle allegations that it sold electrical connectors to the military that lacked proper testing or had failed tests. The government announced Tuesday that ITT Cannon also agreed to follow strict manufacturing and testing protocols.
Among the many items on Congress’s crowded July agenda is floor action on a three-year catch-up on the Intelligence Community authorization bill, a largely bipartisan package drafted in both chambers, with Senate provisions that would enhance protections for whistleblowers. On June 26, the House Select Intelligence Committee by voice vote cleared its version (H.R. 3494) of what […]
