Whistleblower Law Insights

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations recently released its 2024 Examination Priorities Report to inform investors and registrants of the agency’s priorities, key...

In late 2023, Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division Gurbir Grewal said the agency’s tougher penalties imposed in recent years are working to deter securities fraud....

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower recently released its Annual Report to Congress for the 2023 fiscal year. The report reveals that the SEC’s Whistleblower...

The Department of Justice announced a $172 million settlement with Cigna Group, a Medicare Advantage provider, for allegedly violating the False Claims Act for submitting inaccurate and unsupported diagnosis...

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice settled False Claims Act (FCA) allegations with Verizon Business Network Services for over $4 million.  The settlement signals an ongoing effort by...

What Happened? On September 7, 2023, the CFTC brought settled enforcement actions against three decentralized entities, Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx, Inc., and Deridex, Inc. The CFTC charged two of those entities,...

White House Unveils National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan The White House announced its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan that will guide the federal government’s efforts...

In June 2023, the CFTC’s Whistleblower Office notified the public that it is actively seeking whistleblower tips identifying manipulation or fraud in the carbon markets. What is carbon market fraud?...

Last week the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., and it was even better than some of us had predicted after the very positive oral argument....

On May 5, 2023, the SEC—the agency that regulates the securities market—revealed that it granted a whistleblower an award of approximately $279 million, the largest award yet made by the agency to...