• On January 29, 2026, less than six months after the DOJ launched its Antitrust Whistleblower Award Program, the department awarded $1 million to a whistleblower for information leading to the prosecution of antitrust violations and fraud in automobile auctions.
• The SEC’s whistleblower program, which has issued over $1 billion in awards since 2011, has significantly increased whistleblower activity and enforcement under anti-retaliation laws.
• Companies may want to ensure compliance with DOJ guidelines, foster robust compliance cultures, conduct prompt and thorough whistleblower investigations, and maintain clear anti-retaliation policies to mitigate risks.

For more than a decade, the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower at the Securities and Exchange Commission has led to a wave of so-called “bounty programs” that provide monetary rewards to whistleblowers who provide information to enforcement agencies that results in substantial recoveries or fines. The SEC’s whistleblower program has issued over $1 billion in monetary awards since its inception in 2011. Due to these substantial monetary awards, practitioners have seen not only an increase in whistleblower activity (both internally at companies through their internal compliance functions and to the government), but also a substantial increase of activity under whistleblower anti-retaliation laws affecting employers under dozens of federal laws—no matter the subject matter of the whistleblower report.

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