Whistleblower Law Insights

In April, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission paid out a $10 million whistleblower award, by-far the largest whistleblower award in program history. Now the head of the CFTC whistleblower program...

The Panama Papers scandal has focused worldwide attention on international tax evasion. But US regulators are taking a close look at the Panama Papers for criminal and civil violations as well, with a...

A construction contractor settled a whistleblower lawsuit for $2.25 million this week that alleged the company falsely claimed it sub-contracted work to a minority-owned business in order to take advantage...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has shown in two whistleblower awards this year that it will reward individuals who provide significant assistance in existing cases, not just to whistleblowers whose...

It’s not strange to see a hedge fund involved in a whistleblower lawsuit. But usually it isn’t on the side of the whistleblower. That, however, is the situation with Citadel, a $24 billion hedge fund....

A furniture retailer agreed to pay $15 million to the federal government to settle charges that it had allegedly engaged in customs fraud and violated the False Claims Act by misclassifying wooden bedroom...

With the House’s landslide 410-2 vote on Wednesday, both chambers of Congress have now passed a bill that contains vital new legal protections for whistleblowers. Suing a whistleblower for “stealing”...

A bill in the Alabama Senate that would give whistleblowers the ability to sue companies for alleged Medicaid fraud just got an important new ally. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange made a strong...

A whistleblower case the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear today – Universal Health Services Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar – could have a far-reaching impact on healthcare fraud enforcement...

The whistleblower case that resulted in more than 500 hospitals in 43 states settling charges alleging they performed medically unnecessary cardiac procedures was the focus of a conference panel discussion...