Monday, February 22, 2021
On November 19, 1979, a twenty-seven-year-old Justice Department attorney appeared on a panel of witnesses before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The issue was how to modernize the False Claims Act to make it an effective tool to fight fraud against the government. Over forty years later, that same attorney would appear again before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain his vision for the Department of Justice and why he should be confirmed as the Attorney General of the United States. That attorney is Judge Merrick Garland.
Looking back, Judge Garland s early advocacy for modernizing the False Claims Act seems prophetic. Seven years after that testimony, Senator Charles Grassley, the current Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a bi-partisan effort that succeeded in modernizing the False Claims Act. Many of the proposals made in 1979 were incorporated into the Grassley-led 1986 amendments, including increasing penalti
SEC Whistleblower Awarded Over $9 2 Million for Working with DOJ
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include:
SEC Whistleblower Awards Accelerate, with Nearly 25% of Total Program Awards Issued in Q4 of 2020
The fourth quarter of 2020 saw approximately $176 million in whistleblower awards
1 – almost the same amount awarded in the entire previous fiscal year, which was itself a record-setting year.
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This acceleration was driven in part by a record-setting $114 million whistleblower award issued on October 22, 2020 to a single whistleblower whose information and assistance led to successful SEC enforcement and related actions. The SEC characterized the whistleblower’s actions as “extraordinary” and noted that the claimant “suffered serious personal and professional hardships” as a result of making a report. Even without thi
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Whistleblower Developments is a periodic report covering significant cases, decisions, proposals, and legislation related to whistleblower statutes and how they may impact your business. Recent developments include:
SEC Whistleblower Awards Accelerate, with Nearly 25% of Total Program Awards Issued in Q4 of 2020
New Anti-Money Laundering Act Incentivizes Whistleblowers
CFTC Releases Its Whistleblower Program 2020 Annual Report
Texas District Court Allows SOX Whistleblower Claim To Proceed Against Publicly-Traded Parent Company Of Whistleblower’s Employer
SEC Whistleblower Awards Accelerate, with Nearly 25% of Total Program Awards Issued in Q4 of 2020
The fourth quarter of 2020 saw approximately $176 million in whistleblower awards
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