Whistleblower Law Insights

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The final 51 hospitals facing a Medicare fraud whistleblower lawsuit settled this week, marking the end of a Department of Justice investigation that resulted in more than 500 hospitals paying over $280...

A whistleblower who sued the Securities and Exchange Commission over its lengthy delay in resolving the application for an award got an answer from the SEC before the court could rule in the lawsuit....

State legislatures should enact whistleblower protection laws to encourage those with vital information to come forward rather than laws that legalize retaliation against whistleblowers, as state “ag-gag”...

The sordid tale of corruption in soccer’s international governing body, FIFA, potentially took a new turn last month when Swiss prosecutors announced that a “so-called whistleblower” gave prosecutors...