April 05, 2016
Study: Whistleblowers responsible for majority of pharma fraud recoveries
Pharmaceutical companies are no strangers to federal and state investigations for fraud, but a new study shows just how often Big Pharma gets caught skirting the law. The study by Public Citizen, found...
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April 04, 2016
Big CFTC whistleblower award shows program’s strength
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today it will pay out a record $10 million whistleblower reward, a strong sign for the future of the young whistleblower program. The CFTC whistleblower...
March 31, 2016
SEC supports whistleblower in Vanguard retaliation case
The Securities and Exchange Commission has reaffirmed its position that whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to their employer before taking their claims to the SEC are protected from job retaliation,...
March 23, 2016
Study: Women feel more pressure to keep quiet about employers’ wrongdoing than men
Women face more overall pressure to stay silent and look the other way in the face of workplace wrongdoing than their male counterparts do, according to a new study by the Ethics & Compliance Initiative....
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March 10, 2016
Court: Pharma companies weren’t “on notice” they could be held responsible for illegal kickbacks before 2010
Companies that violated an anti-kickback law before 2010 weren’t on notice that they could be responsible for the results of their kickbacks — at least that’s what a recent court ruling from...
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March 09, 2016
SEC whistleblower awards in latest payout total nearly $2 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission will pay whistleblower awards totaling nearly $2 million to three individuals, the agency announced Tuesday. For what seems to be the first time, the SEC will pay...
March 04, 2016
Drug packaging is another way pharmaceutical companies are overcharging
Medicare, patients and private health insurers are wasting billions of dollars a year because of the way drug companies are packaging some of their products. The waste from could add up to roughly $3 billion...
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February 26, 2016
Canadian officials disagree over whistleblower rewards programs
Two of Canada’s leading financial watchdogs have taken drastically different positions over an issue long ago settled in the US: Are whistleblower rewards programs worth it? (Hint: They are.) In October...
February 25, 2016
Proposed whistleblower protection law seeks to improve on Dodd-Frank
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) introduced new legislation Thursday that aims to improve whistleblower protections on Wall Street. The Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-Retaliation...
February 22, 2016
More states should adopt laws allowing whistleblowers to fight private insurance fraud
A recent healthcare fraud settlement shows how effective state whistleblower laws are in stopping fraud against private insurers and recovering funds – yet, only two states have such laws. Dozens of...
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