September 14, 2023
Water Beads Are Seriously Injuring Kids, and Little Is Being Done to Stop It
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News Update 9/14/2023 – The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that Buffalo Games has recalled Chuckle and Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits cit…
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August 03, 2023
New SEC Rules May Form Basis for Cybersecurity-Related Claims
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New rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that require companies to disclose any cybersecurity breach that they deem to be material and …
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July 09, 2023
Bill Incentivizes Whistleblowers to Report Consumer Fraud
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U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) recently introduced a bill in the Senate to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to award fina…
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July 07, 2023
CFTC Calls for Carbon Markets Whistleblowers to Come Forward
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is looking to crack down on fraud and manipulation in carbon credits in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act …
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January 04, 2023
Enhancements to the AML Whistleblower Program
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The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act became law on December 29, 2022. The Improvement Act provides critical upgrades to the whistleblow…
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August 08, 2022
What legal protections are provided to CFTC whistleblowers?
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Exposing unlawful conduct by a business often creates significant monetary exposure for that company and any individual employees engaged in wrongdoing. While t…
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August 08, 2022
What Is The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Program?
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In 2021, Congress passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act and, in doing so, created a whistleblower program focused on receiving information concerning violations …
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July 07, 2022
What is the IRS whistleblower program?
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has administered its whistleblower program in some form since 1867. But the Program has become much more active in the wake o…
View MoreJune 22, 2022
What legal protections are provided to SEC whistleblowers?
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Exposing unlawful conduct by a business often creates significant monetary exposure for that company and any individual employees engaged in wrongdoing. While t…
View MoreMay 24, 2022
Am I eligible for a whistleblower reward under the CFTC Whistleblower program?
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In fiscal year 2021 alone, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued approximately $123 million in whistleblower awards. This figure does not …
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May 19, 2022
Am I eligible for a whistleblower reward under the SEC Whistleblower program?
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In fiscal year 2021 alone, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued approximately $564 million in whistleblower awards, stemming from the agency…
View MoreMay 04, 2022
What is the CFTC Whistleblower program?
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Congress created the whistleblower program administered by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street…
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