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10 Important Facts About FinCEN’s Whistleblower Program

Oberheiden P.C. on 5/13/2025

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is one of a handful of federal authorities that have adopted whistleblower programs focused on facilitating enforcement in hard-to-target areas. While FinCEN focuses its...more

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Alert - Global Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2019 Developments and Predictions

WilmerHale on 1/30/2020

Enforcement activity reached new heights in 2019. The year saw the two largest corporate resolutions in the history of the FCPA, corporate penalties paid to US enforcement agencies topped last year’s record levels, and...more

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 458-Karen Woody on the SEC year in FCPA Enforcement

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 12/30/2019

In the Episode, I visit with Karen Woody, Assistant Professor of Law at Washington and Lee. Karen was in private practice for many years before going into Academia. She specializes in the SEC and issues around the Commission....more

This Week in FCPA-Episode 77, the Home for the Holidays Edition

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 11/17/2017

Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the top compliance and ethics related stories of the week, including: 1. The DOJ/SEC FCPA Guidance turned 5 years old this week. For the compliance practitioner, it...more

Day 15 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-Employment Separation Issues

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 5/19/2017

Employment separation and layoffs can present some unique challenges for the compliance practitioner. Employees can use layoffs to claim that they were retaliated against for a wide variety of complaints, including those for...more

King Arthur Week – The Round Table and Compliance Professionals and Lawyers as Whistleblowers – Part III

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 4/29/2015

Today we use King Arthur’s Round Table as the entry into our topic. The Round Table is the famous table around which he and his Knights congregated. Its shape implies that everyone who sits there has equal status. Wace, who...more

Think High Stakes Whistleblowing is Just a U.S. Phenomenon? Think Again.

NAVEX on 9/22/2014

Today the SEC announced that it will pay $30 million to a whistleblower in the largest award ever doled out by the agency. This news is monumental and will send shock waves around the financial world—along with gut...more

Larger Rewards For Wall Street Whistleblowers May Be On The Horizon

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 9/18/2014

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Obama administration will seek to remove the $1.6 million cap on rewards to whistleblowers who provide evidence of criminal conduct by financial executives under the 1989 Financial...more

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