The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is signaling—through recent whistleblower programs announced by the Criminal Division and the Antitrust Division—that it is “all-in” on whistleblowers and expects companies to detect, remediate, and, where appropriate, promptly self-report potential criminal violations. The Antitrust Division has now issued its first-ever whistleblower reward in a criminal antitrust matter involving the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The award signals DOJ’s expansive view of the use of whistleblowers in criminal contexts, including for antitrust violations. In fact, while the Antitrust Division’s new whistleblower rewards program is supposedly limited to claims affecting USPS, awards may be available to whistleblowers that report any antitrust offense involving the mail.
These developments increase the risk of whistleblowers reporting alleged criminal misconduct directly to DOJ. As DOJ has noted in a recent...
Footage of a drone strike on a building has been shared on social media with false claims it shows a recent Iranian attack on Bahrain. But it actually predates the recent conflict in the Middle Eas...