By Steve Kardell | Published August 1, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: $1.5 Million Whistleblower Award, CFTC, knowledgeable attorney, likely to give larger awards, SEC’s whistleblower program |
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced it gave a whistleblower award of $1.5 million to a whistleblower, recognizing that individual’s contribution of significant evidence to the CFTC after first reporting his or her concerns internally. While there is no requirement that whistleblowers make the reports internally first, the commission is likely to give larger awards to Read More
Read MoreParsons Corp, a government contractor, is alleged to have increased its wealth by tricking a legally blind official. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to side against the contractor in a case that hinges on how much time whistleblowers have to file a claim. The law gives seemingly contradictory time windows in which whistleblowers Read More
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