By Steve Kardell | Published October 4, 2018 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Dallas attorney, SEC whistleblower award, whistleblower award |
The federal government has done an excellent job of incentivizing whistleblowers to come forward with information about securities laws violations in recent years, thanks to the numerous protections it has added for people who report this information. Now, record awards from the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and recent Supreme Court rulings have made it Read More
Read MoreA jury in Sonoma County awarded $1.1 million to a whistleblower in a case against the Hanna Boys Center, ruling the whistleblower had been wrongfully terminated for raising his concerns about drug use, bullying and other issues at the boys’ home. The whistleblower was Tim Norman, who had worked as head of clinical care at Read More
Read MoreA former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner stands accused of encouraging a client to hide information from the Federal Trade Commission revealing that his cybersecurity firm revealed patient data obtained with the use of spying software she supplied while working as a federal prosecutor tracking and fighting against child pornographers. The lawsuit claims LabMD, Read More
Read MoreA whistleblower recently received $9.4 million for the role she played in identifying misconduct at PHH Corp, a mortgage lender based in New Jersey. The corporation will be responsible for paying $74.5 million to resolve claims that the company’s loan practices put the government and borrowers at risk. The settlement was announced by the U.S. Read More
Read MoreOn February 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower 20 percent of the sanctions paid in association with an enforcement action brought forth as a result of unique information provided by that whistleblower. In this case, the SEC clarified that the whistleblower’s own culpability in some of the securities violations at Read More
Read MoreRecently implemented rule changes allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to file whistleblower retaliation claims against employers. These changes, adopted in May, also prevent employers from preemptively forbidding employees from communicating with the CFTC. The new rules, which were adopted unanimously, also establish a new claims review process. This will help establish initial determinations Read More
Read MoreA federal judge has ruled that a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Duke University and a pair of researchers can proceed. The lawsuit alleges the university and researchers were able to secure $112 million in federal funding based on fraudulent work. The lawsuit was initially filed under the False Claims Act in 2013. If successful, it Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced one of its latest whistleblower awards, worth more than $900,000. In this case, a whistleblower’s tip helped the SEC bring multiple enforcement actions against various parties. Per federal law, the SEC did not release the name of the whistleblower or any information on the case that Read More
Read MoreThe University of Oregon settled a lawsuit with a former police officer, agreeing to pay the man $1 million to bring the case to an end. A federal jury found in September that the former police chief at the university, Carolyn McDermed, along with two other university police higher-ups, were guilty of retaliation against officer Read More
Read MoreAccording to federal safety officials, a company in Illinois must pay $190,547 in damages and back wages to a safety manager as the result of a whistleblower case that stemmed from its facility in Lansing, Illinois. The order came from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). After an investigation, commercial Read More
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