The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether to hear a case that could have significant implications for auditors, law firms, and other professional services companies that assist public companies. Amicus briefs filed on...more
6/24/2025
/ Accounting ,
Amicus Briefs ,
Appeals ,
Auditors ,
Boilerplate Language ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Material Misstatements ,
Materiality ,
PCAOB ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation
Following a year of new DOJ policies and guidance designed to incentivize companies to self-report misconduct and to cooperate with government investigations, the DOJ has added a new pilot whistleblower rewards program. In...more
3/19/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Pilot Programs ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has unveiled a new whistleblower policy designed to incentivize individuals to disclose corporate misconduct through financial rewards from any resulting forfeiture of criminal proceeds. The...more
3/13/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Pilot Programs ,
Risk Management ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
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In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, questions loom about the role of social media in the bank’s demise. The federal government will devote significant resources to investigate what went...more