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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office announced on April 4, 2016, that it would issue an award of more than $10 million to a whistleblower whose information led to a successful CFTC...

A study released in December 2015 by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) confirmed what employment law practitioners have always known to be true: Employees who are forced to submit to binding arbitration to resolve their...

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently ruled on a retaliation complaint in the airline industry that resulted in stronger protections for whistleblowers in the aviation industry. The matter involves Jeffrey Bondurant, who...

The CFTC’s commitment to curbing commodity futures trading violations is exemplified by its Whistleblower Program: when a whistleblower provides original information that leads to a successful investigation and results in...

The following scenario should be familiar to railroad employees: An employee sustains a workplace injury; the employee reports the workplace injury to the railroad; the railroad conducts an investigation into the injury; the...

When an employee reports wrongdoing to her employer, it is only natural for her to fear what the consequences of that reporting might be. Employees are protected from whistleblower retaliation under a number of federal and...

Most whistleblower accounts start out the same. You are working for a company, anywhere from the mail room to an executive position, and you notice employment practices that aren’t quite right. Many employees might turn the...

In an unexpected policy shift that should encourage whistleblowers and those concerned about workplace safety, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has begun aggressively pursuing lawsuits under a whistleblower protection...

As you know from our discussion last week that outlined the aims of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Whistleblower Program, the 2012 initiative promises to pay CFTC whistleblowers 10% to 30% of monetary...

The SEC’s commitment to curbing abuses of the financial system is exemplified by its Whistleblower Reward Program: when a whistleblower provides information that leads to a successful investigation and results in sanctions...