On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued final guidance on its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (Program), offering financial incentives to qualifying individuals who ...

Survivors of sexual assault and sexual harrasment in the U.S. Coast Guard were refused adequate medical care, according to a federal staffreport released Wednesday. The report indicates victims co...

Print Download />i The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program on August 1, 2024. This initiative, which is expected to last three years, aims to...

(“Pilot Program”), promising potential monetary awards to individual whistleblowers who provide original and truthful information that results in successful forfeiture. The Pilot Program, which wi...

Key Takeaways The Pilot Program seeks to incentivize individuals to report allegations of misconduct to DOJ’s Criminal Division. But individuals must satisfy stringent requirements to qualify for...

When an employer disciplines its employees, let’s say for unsatisfactory performance or misconduct, employees sometimes respond with accusations that the discipline illegitimately occurred in reta...

The monks’ legal team for the church’s procedures against them in the infamous Osiou Avakoum scandal demanded on Wednesday that the main whistleblower in the case be deemed unreliable. In a letter...

We’ve talked before about how speak-up culture is on the rise; 6,000 more anonymous hotline reports were filed in 2023 than 2022, according to the respondent of Mitratech’s 2024 State of Ethics Rep...

Is your boss doing something shady—but it’s not federal dollars? The DOJ wants to hear from you.