Compliance Tip Of the Day: Using AI to Transform Whistleblower Response
Whistleblower Challenges and Employer Responses: One-on-One with Alex Barnard
Episode 359 -- Review of the EU Whistleblowing Directive with Alex Cotoia and Daniela Melendez
False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
False Claims Act Insights - Some FCA Whistles Are Louder Than Others
The USDOJ Antitrust Division’s Compliance Guidance
Episode 353 -- 2024 FCPA Enforcement and Compliance Review
Workplace Investigation Protocols: One-on-One with Greg Keating
Ep. 3 - The Art of Parallel Investigations (Part 2)
Episode 340: DOJ Updates Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
The Labor Law Insider - Whistleblower Breaks Details of NLRB Mail Ballot Election Abuse – Part II
Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
DOJ’s New Self-Disclosure Policy and Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program
The Justice Insiders Podcast: DOJ’s Cacophony of Whistles
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 37 - Vintage or Trendsetting? The SDNY's Whistleblower Pilot Program
Episode 321 -- Review of the EU Whistleblowing Directive wih Alex Cotoia and Daniela Melendez
Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
Episode 316 -- DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Policy
Navigating the SEC's Whistleblower Enforcement Wave: A Guide for Financial Institutions — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating Employment and Separation Agreements: Lessons From Al Pacino's Serpico — Hiring to Firing Podcast
On June 26, 2025, the UK government brought into force the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Order 2025 (the “2025 Amendment”), marking a notable development in the UK government’s sanctions...more
Quick read - It is all but inevitable that UK enforcement agencies will start paying for information about organisational misconduct. In the US, whistleblower reward schemes have generated tens of billions of dollars in...more
On December 17, 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA” or “Agency”) adopted a final rule to formalize its whistleblower program under the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act (Whistleblower Act). ...more
2024 marks the final year of Gary Gensler's term as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Gensler SEC has been aggressive on both the enforcement and rulemaking fronts. In response, the financial...more
The revised Antitrust Compliance Guidelines expand their scope and provide critical insight into how the Department of Justice (DOJ) evaluates compliance programs—not only as tools to address criminal antitrust violations but...more
On December 6, 2024, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller provided an update on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) corporate criminal enforcement efforts during his keynote address at the Practicing Law...more
On November 22, 2024, the SEC released its fiscal year 2024 enforcement statistics. According to the accompanying press release, the SEC filed 583 total enforcement actions—431 of them standalone actions—while obtaining $8.2...more
One of the concerns following the Supreme Court’s ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy was that other agencies may face similar collateral attacks to its administrative proceedings. While the full impact of Jarkesy remains an open...more
On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs policy (the “Updated ECCP”), building upon the March 2023 updates. Since 2017, DOJ has offered...more
California’s Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act is one of the first significant regulations of artificial intelligence in the United States that, if signed, would place liability on the...more
On September 9, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced it settled enforcement actions against seven public companies for alleged violations of its whistleblower protection rule in their...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued the Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-04 warning financial institutions that broad employee confidentiality agreements may violate the whistleblower...more
On July 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance putting financial regulators and employers on notice that requiring employees to sign broad confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements that...more
On July 2, 2024 the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee passed SB-1047 (Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act), following its passage by the Senate on May 21, 2024. The bill aims...more
On June 17, 2024, the CFTC's Division of Enforcement announced that it had reached a settlement with Trafigura Trading LLC ("Trafigura") over allegations that the firm manipulated oil derivatives prices while discouraging...more
Hosted by the C5 Group, the 18th Annual Conference on Anti-Corruption London will bring together the brightest minds in anti-corruption and compliance to review the most pressing multi-jurisdictional enforcement updates...more
Companies and their executives can reduce Department of Justice (DoJ), OFAC, and Commerce Department risks (and liability) by understanding and respecting the relationship between economic sanctions, voluntary...more
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) is taking aim at corporate criminal wrongdoing with a new whistleblower initiative. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team breaks...more
The SEC noted cooperation by 69% of public companies and subsidiaries that settled in FY 2023, the third highest of any fiscal year in the Securities Enforcement Empirical Database (SEED). Of the cooperating defendants that...more
We have often written about the SEC’s whistleblower program and, in particular, the success of the program with respect to detecting and preventing violations of the federal securities laws. The success of the program...more
In a recently settled administrative proceeding, the Securities and Exchange Commission took the position that an employer took action to impede potential whistleblowers when as a condition of receiving separation pay, the...more
Earlier this month, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan outlining specific “high impact initiatives” that the federal government will carry out to achieve its cybersecurity...more
On April 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted the defendant-employer’s motion to dismiss a complaint seeking court enforcement of a preliminary reinstatement order after determining that...more
On February 3, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that a public company agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges of, among other things, violations of the whistleblower protection rule.1...more
Data from 2022 portends a monumental year ahead for Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) litigation and enforcement. Plaintiffs are filing class-based-employment claims in higher numbers than ever, and class actions involving...more