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
On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) released its criminal—and, more specifically, white collar crime enforcement—initiatives under the current administration. This is typical each time new leadership...more
Revisions to Department of Justice (DOJ) white collar enforcement policies provide enhanced incentives for voluntary self-disclosure and clarify the consequences of failing to disclose wrongdoing. At the same time, expanded...more
The term “whistleblower” generally refers to a person who anonymously reports suspected corporate misconduct to their employer or to law enforcement or regulatory authorities. This article focuses primarily on current...more
Welcome to our Litigation 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Outlook. In this report, we examine the legal trends that have shaped the commercial landscape in Europe and the UK and explore how these developments are likely to...more
In February 2024, the FCA sent a survey to 1,028 wholesale firms (insurers, market intermediaries, banks and brokers) asking about recorded incidents of non-financial misconduct between 2021 and 2023. With a 96% response...more
Late this past summer, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a new initiative to crackdown on corporate misconduct. Beginning August 1, whistleblowers can submit original information to the DOJ regarding various types of...more
In August, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division announced the launch of a Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, building off an earlier pilot program started in the Southern District of New York to encourage...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to investigate companies for including language in their employment and separation agreements or retail client settlement agreements that potentially discourages...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 August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”). Under this 3-year initiative managed by DOJ’s Criminal Division, a whistleblower may be eligible...more
In a note to clients, the law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders said that, while the legislation bars employers from taking actions that “discriminate against” whistleblowers, it’s a leap for the agency to interpret the...more
After announcing at the ABA White Collar Crime Conference last winter that it would engage in a months-long "policy sprint," the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) released its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot...more
During a March 7, 2024, speech at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced that the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is launching a...more
During the 2024 American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime (the 2024 White Collar Conference) earlier this month, US Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland, US Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco,...more
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will soon launch a new monetary reward program for people who provide information about corporate or financial...more
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Partners Sheri Adler and Mary Weeks to discuss the recent uptick in SEC enforcement activity related to whistleblowers. They focus on the implications...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) for impeding hundreds of advisory clients and brokerage customers from reporting potential securities law...more
As the year gets underway, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) is continuing its ongoing enforcement efforts to target anti-whistleblower practices by pursuing a broader range of entities and...more
As usual, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (the “SDNY”) is on the hunt for fraudsters and other white collar criminals. Though the Department of Justice has rewarded corporations for...more
On January 12, the SDNY launched its Whistleblower Pilot Program to protect individuals who report company wrongdoing from any future prosecution by the DOJ. The SDNY issued this program to encourage the “voluntary...more
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a new whistleblower law that significantly increases the risk and cost of whistleblower claims for domestic and overseas financial services institutions that must be cognizant of...more
In This Issue. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released stress test scenarios to assess...more
Today’s episode features a discussion of the new whistleblower provisions in the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. We’ll discuss the types of businesses covered, who can be a whistleblower under the Act, the increased...more
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA 2020) became law on Jan. 2, 2020, when Congress overrode President Donald Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. AMLA 2020 is the most consequential anti-money...more