New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Matthew Sullivan and Tina Milburn | March 29, 2024
In recent years, the DOJ has taken steps to incentivize disclosure of potential wrongdoing by companies and individuals. In light of new incentives for individual whistleblowers and the evolving expectations of enforcement officials, the stakes are high for in-house counsel and compliance officers to quickly assess the potential benefits and risks of making a voluntary self-disclosure.
By Richard J. Morvillo and Sarah E. Barney | February 15, 2024
A discussion of the SDNY's Whistleblower Pilot Program which is designed to encourage early, voluntary disclosure of criminal conduct by individual participants in non-violent offenses involving fraud and public corruption.
By Ildefonso P. Mas, and Joel Bertocchi | January 24, 2024
On Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced implementation…
By Jorge deNeve, Michele Layne and Jamie Quinn | November 27, 2023
In the past dozen years the SEC's whistleblower program has awarded about $100 million a year to tipsters. But the price is eternal vigilance over companies' agreements with employees, which sometimes include language impeding their rights to inform the government of wrongdoing. The article looks at how and why the SEC scrutinizes employment agreements and what it does when companies cross the line set down by Rule 21F-17(a), enacted under the Dodd-Frank Act.
By Chris O'Malley | October 24, 2023
The agency unleashed a $10 million civil fine in one recent case, and went after a private company for the first time in another.
By Trudy Knockless | October 16, 2023
"We're seeing a very aggressive stance in this administration, where penalties that the SEC is assessing now really aren't tied to precedent, and they're much larger than they've been in the past," said Kelly Gibson, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
By Jimmy Hoover | October 10, 2023
Who bears the burden of proof for an allegedly retaliatory firing: the employer or the former employee?
By Brian Lee | June 30, 2023
U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman said in a statement that the agreement resolved allegations that Movement Mortgage failed to comply with material federal program requirements.
By Jason Grant | June 7, 2023
The Appellate Division, First Department's decision allows a lawsuit to proceed with a claim for retaliatory discharge that has been lodged by a former residency coordinator who worked at a Bronx-based residency for Catholic priests.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joseph Lipari and Aaron S. Gaynor | June 6, 2023
Under an amendment recently signed into law, a whistleblower may now bring a case against an individual or entity which allegedly concealed or avoided and obligation to pay tax, regardless of whether a return or any other statement was filed.
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