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Whistleblowers seeking protection from the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act suffered a setback on December 8, 2014, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the Dodd-Frank Act’s...

Whistleblowers in the commodity futures industry received encouraging news last month when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) issued its Annual Report.  The CFTC was created in 1974 to...

When the government takes action against companies based on whistleblower tips, those Companies are subjected to penalties that, on average, are 63 percent larger than companies the government pursues independent of...

Whistleblowers reporting fraud in government contracts and safety issues in and around nuclear facilities suffered a serious blow from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Vander Boegh v....

Eight Democratic members of the House Committees on Financial Services and Oversight and Government Reform recently sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chairwoman Mary Jo White setting forth their...

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) whistleblower director Sean McKessy shares the desire of SEC whistleblowers and their counsel to increase the size and frequency of whistleblower awards, according to a recent...

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) whistleblowers may be able to breathe a little easier in the wake of recent statements made by the head of the SEC whistleblower program, Sean McKessy.  McKessy made clear in a...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) determined that Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, a railroad company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, violated the...

Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Mary Jo White spoke at a conference in Toronto on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at which she extolled the virtues of the SEC Whistleblower Program, which was established by...

Trucking whistleblower Grant Timmons recently had his award upheld by the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (“ARB”), which found that Timmons had successfully demonstrated that he suffered unlawful...