Category: Whistleblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER J.P. Morgan is Exposed for IRS Fraud J.P. Morgan and the IRS After settling a lawsuit for over $300 million just about a year ago, J.P. Morgan is now potentially in some trouble with the IRS. A former employee and now whistleblower has just come forward to express […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Responsibility Matters: What to Know and How to Do It Whistleblowing Whistleblowing is a difficult topic, often because people are reluctant to do it out of uncertainty or unease or, worse, fear of retaliation. But in many cases it is the responsible course of action when one is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If You See Something… Blow the Whistle?   Whistleblowing Whistleblowing in the workplace may not be something you hear about often. For anyone who may not know exactly what this entails, whistleblowing is an employee informing someone else about illegal or unethical acts being done by their employer […]

The financial forensic auditor who uncovered the Barry Madoff Ponzi scheme is now sending up a new alert. According to Business Insider, this auditor is claiming that “fraud is endemic in the insurance industry.”  The auditor tried to convince the Securities and Exchange Commission to look into Madoff for nine […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The IRS Whistleblower Program How the Program Works In this age of heightened notoriety for whistleblowers like Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, it can often seem like there’s little or no recourse for those with inside knowledge. However, while it can often be difficult to spill the beans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Role of Whistleblowers in Healthcare How Whistleblowers can Reform the Healthcare Industry Whistleblowers have long been looked to by the U.S. government to help uncover wrongdoing and work with government agents to ensure that inside information about systematic fraud is revealed. The False Claims Act, which empowers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New Developments in False Claims Act Cases As the end of a Supreme Court session rolls around, attorneys tend to take a moment to recoup, gather the decisions, and take a look at what new features have been added to the landscape of the law. This has been […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The SEC’s New Approach to Fighting Corporate Crime As the SEC whistleblower program issues a $17 Million reward, the second largest since the creation of the program in 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission is signaling a clean break with its historic policy of encouraging businesses to police […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Whistleblower Program Awards The Securities and Exchange commission has just doled out it’s second-largest award ever, a whopping $17 million, to a Wall Street employee who provided insider information that helped advance an SEC investigation. Due to the nature of the investigation and the anonymity of the […]

Congress Looks at Reforming the False Claims Act The False Claims Act was originally created during the Civil War to allow ordinary citizens to sue fraudulent companies on behalf of the government. Companies that intentionally sold low-quality goods to the Union Army could be brought to task by civilians who […]