Tipster On Ericsson Won SEC’s Largest Ever $279M Whistleblower Award May 30, 2023 The record $279 million whistleblower award issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month stemmed from a...
Tech Firms Try to Muzzle Workers With NDAs, SEC Tipsters Say April 20, 2023 By Sabrina Willmer and Austin Weinstein Some top US technology companies are forcing workers to sign allegedly illegal labor agreements, according to complaints filed with the...
Critics Hit SEC Revamp of Wall Street Whistleblower Program October 14, 2019 By Marcy Gordon A federal agency is moving with little fanfare to revamp one of the most successful whistleblower programs in the government,...
Supreme Court to Review Retaliation Protections for Whistleblowers June 26, 2017 By Sarah N. Lynch The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case that promises broad implications for when corporate insiders...
SEC Awards $4 Million to Whistleblower April 26, 2017 The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded nearly $4 million to a whistleblower who tipped the agency with about serious...
Monsanto Whistleblower Gets $22 Million August 31, 2016 A former Monsanto Co. executive who tipped the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to accounting improprieties involving the company’s top-selling...
Whistleblower Tips, Award Amount Increased in 2014, Reports SEC November 24, 2014 By Sarah N. Lynch The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received more than 3,500 tips from whistleblowers in fiscal year 2014, the largest number...