Whistleblower News

Keller Grover attorney Kathleen R. Scanlan joined Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch, Michael D. Granston, to discuss their views on whistleblower law and the critical role whistleblowers play in False Claims Act enforcement as panelists during a Nov. 2 webinar sponsored by the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section. Ms. Scanlan primarily represents whistleblowers using the False Claims Act and state versions of the FCA to … [Read more...]

In June the Supreme Court issued an opinion that affirmed the government’s broad discretion to intervene after a whistleblower files a False Claims Act case, and move to dismiss the case against the whistleblower’s objections. Six months later, however, the Justice Department indicates it has no plans to broadly use this dismissal authority on non-intervened FCA cases. Here’s more about the case at issue: In U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., et al., whistleblower … [Read more...]

The IRS Whistleblower Office paid $37.75 million in awards to 132 whistleblowers in fiscal 2022, according to its latest annual report.  “The IRS uses increasingly sophisticated data analytics and other methods to detect non-compliance with tax laws, but we can’t find it all by ourselves,” office director John Hinman said in the report. “We need help from whistleblowers — people with firsthand knowledge of noncompliance who are willing to share what they know with us so we can investigate it … [Read more...]

Crypto/digital asset schemes drove a record number of whistleblower tips to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the past year. The CFTC Whistleblower Program, established under the Dodd-Frank Act, awarded $16 million to seven whistleblowers for their help during the year that ended Sept. 30. More than $15 million went to two whistleblowers who provided significant information and help for separate, successful enforcement cases. In its annual Whistleblower Program report, … [Read more...]

The courageous whistleblowers who stand up against wrongdoing at work are doing the public a valuable service — but the companies whose actions are being reported may not see it that way. Under the various whistleblower laws, retaliation typically is prohibited and could result in more sanctions for the reported company. But what exactly is retaliation? In a nutshell, retaliation encompasses any adverse action against the whistleblower for engaging in protected activity (see more from the … [Read more...]