The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a long-awaited final rule establishing regulations to implement its whistleblower program. The whistleblower program authorizes the Secretary of...more
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division on August 1 announced the details of its much-anticipated Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. This three-year initiative aims to incentivize individuals to...more
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 18 in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway Inc., companion cases that raise the important question of whether, under...more
In a move that threatens to undermine some key defenses to liability under the False Claims Act, a bipartisan group of senators voted to advance the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 (SB 2428) out of the Senate Judiciary...more
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