As if general counsel weren’t worrying enough already about whistle-blowers, in March a group called Americans United for Change added a new concern: blowing the whistle, to the tune of $25,000, on secret corporate contributions that aim to influence the 2012 U.S. elections.
The group announced that it would offer the five-figure reward to the first employee who documented that his or her employer was using corporate funds to secretly contribute to super PACs or nonprofit organizations that buy ads to affect the election, but that are not required to disclose their donors. Only one bounty will be paid.
