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Department Of Justice Announces Record Breaking Year For False Claim Act Cases & Settlements

On January 16th, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") released the False Claims Act report for the 2025 fiscal year.

United States Employment

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Miller Shah

Rights And Wrongs: Unpacking The Civil Rights Fraud Initiative And The False Claims Act

Once again individual employee whistleblowers had an active year pursuing issues for the government under the False Claims Act (FCA). In 2025, FCA recoveries reached their highest mark ever at over $6.8 billion.

United States Criminal

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Home Health Services Fraud Case Involving Traditions Health And A 34 Million Dollar Settlement

Traditions Health LLC announced their $34 million settlement to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS"), and Physician Self-Referral Law...

United States Healthcare

MS

Miller Shah

CalPrivacy Supports Bill Providing First-Of-Its-Kind Incentives And Protections For Privacy Whistleblowers

Last week, with the backing of CalPrivacy, California Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo introduced bill AB2021 (The Whistleblower Protection and Privacy Act), which would make California the first jurisdiction in the United States to create a whistleblower incentive and protection program specifically tailored to privacy law violations.

United States Privacy

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ArentFox Schiff

DEI Cases Receiving 'Expedited Priority Treatment' At DOJ

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Handling Employee Sox And Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Complaints

United States Employment

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Baker Botts LLP

The Whistleblower Who Couldn't Look Away (Podcast)

United States Employment

WR

Wiley Rein

Whistleblower Laws: Developments And Trends Across Australia And The Asia Pacific

United States Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

A Million Reasons To Report: The DOJ's Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program In Action

United States Anti-trust

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

U.S. Department Of Justice Antitrust Division – First-Ever Whistleblower Reward Of $1 Million For Reporting Antitrust Crime

United States Anti-trust

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Nazali

No Blankets Allowed: EC Rejects CMA's Full-Immunity Damages Approach As Asian Companies Reengage With The Cartel Leniency Program

United States Anti-trust

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Jones Day

New DOJ Whistleblower Rewards Program Announces First Payment, A $1 Million Award

United States Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Special Delivery: DOJ And USPS Announce First-Ever Payday Under Cartel Whistleblower Program

United States Anti-trust

JD

Jones Day

DOJ Announces First-Ever Antitrust Whistleblower Award — Is Your Compliance Program Ready?

United States Anti-trust

FL

Foley & Lardner

Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

United States Insolvency

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Ballard Spahr LLP

TPS Is Back-ish For Honduras, Nepal And Nicaragua: I-9s In Limbo

Worldwide Immigration

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

How American 'Jock Tax' And State Income Tax Affect NFL Players, Other Professional Athletes: The Sam Darnold Super Bowl Example

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ Antitrust Division Announces First-Ever Whistleblower Reward Just Six Months After Launching Rewards Program

On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (Division), in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), announced its first-ever whistleblower reward payment...

United States Anti-trust

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BakerHostetler

Check Is In The Mail: DOJ Announces First-Ever Antitrust Whistleblower Payment

On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced the first monetary award issued under the Antitrust Whistleblower Rewards Program (the Program)...

United States Anti-trust

AP

Arnold & Porter

DOJ Is Serious About New Criminal Whistleblower Programs Involving Fraud And Antitrust

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...

United States Anti-trust

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

Delaware Chancery Court Sends A Clear Message: Sexual Misconduct Oversight Failures Can Be A "Corporate Trauma" Sufficient To Support Caremark Claims

The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in LACERS v. Sanford that failures to investigate and remediate credible allegations of workplace sexual misconduct can support shareholder breach of fiduciary duty claims against directors and officers.

United States Employment

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Cohen & Gresser

Top 5 Largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Cases

United States Criminal

MS

Miller Shah

How Government Shutdowns Disrupt False Claims Act And Whistleblower Enforcement

United States Employment

MS

Miller Shah

Whistleblowing: Ensure Programs Are Fit For 2026

United States Employment

AO

A&O Shearman

Navigating Evolving Guardrails For Internal Investigations

Worldwide Criminal

AO

A&O Shearman

Key Takeaways From DOJ's FY 2025 False Claims Act Report

United States Criminal

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Wiley Rein

Federal Court Hears Arguments On Motion To Dismiss In Medicare Advantage Whistleblower Lawsuit

United States Healthcare

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Preventing False Claims Act Retaliation Claims: What Every Company Should Know — EnforceMintz

United States Employment

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Mintz

Georgia Tech Settles Cybersecurity Whistleblower Suit For $875K

United States Technology

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Hall Benefits Law

DOJ Record Year Of False Claims Act Enforcement Forecasts Even Greater Focus On The False Claims Act In 2026

United States Criminal

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Season 3 Episode 4- Trade, Tariffs, And Whistleblowers Part 2 (Podcast)

United States International

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Torres Trade Law, PLLC

Preventing False Claims Act Retaliation Claims: What Every Company Should Know — EnforceMintz

False Claims Act (FCA) retaliation claims pose a unique challenge for health care employers. Unlike FCA fraud cases, these claims are easier to prove and often survive even when the underlying FCA allegations fail.

United States Employment

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Mintz

Georgia Tech Settles Cybersecurity Whistleblower Suit For $875K

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that the Georgia Institute of Technology will settle a whistleblower qui tam suit for $875,000.

United States Technology

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Hall Benefits Law

DOJ Record Year Of False Claims Act Enforcement Forecasts Even Greater Focus On The False Claims Act In 2026

The headline takeaway is that DOJ demolished records for both dollars recovered ($6.8 billion) and the number of new whistleblower qui tam filings (1,297).

United States Criminal

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Season 3 Episode 4- Trade, Tariffs, And Whistleblowers Part 2 (Podcast)

In this follow-up episode, host Olga Torres continues her deep dive into CBP's enforcement priorities, this time exploring the intersection of customs compliance and the False Claims Act.

United States International

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Torres Trade Law, PLLC

DOJ's Year‑End Customs Fraud Enforcement Signals What's Ahead In 2026

United States Criminal

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Fraud Against Autistic Individuals, Their Loved Ones, And Beyond

Government watchdogs and prosecutors have intensified scrutiny of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), one of the primary therapies for autistic children, youth and adults.

United States Criminal

SH

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight

SEC Whistleblower Tip Leads To Charges In $770M Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retail Investors

The SEC has charged a Pennsylvania resident and his companies with running a $770 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of retail investors.

United States Commercial

MS

Miller Shah

Whistleblowing And The Media: Court Finds Blowing The Whistle To The Media Is Not Protected Conduct

Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois clarified that a whistleblower's disclosure of confidential corporate information to the media is not protectible reporting under federal and state law.

United States Employment

AP

Arnold & Porter

Waar Kunnen Klokkenluiders Terecht Met Meldingen?

De klokkenluiderswet verplicht organisaties vanaf 50 werknemers om een eigen meldingskanaal aan te bieden voor onregelmatigheden. Hoe gaat u daar als duurzame onderneming verstandig mee om?

United States Employment

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Crowell & Moring LLP

How The Government Shutdown Impacts Whistleblowers: The Hidden Cost For Accountability

United States Employment

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NAVEX

Delaware Court Of Chancery Sustains Caremark Claims In Shareholder Derivative Action

United States Employment

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Budget 2025: HMRC Whistleblower Scheme A Welcome Change

United States Employment

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WilmerHale

Keep It Clean! – Whistleblowing In The Food And Agribusiness Sector

Worldwide Employment

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)

United States Criminal

FL

Friling Law

DOJ Cyber Fraud Settlements Show The Expanding Reach Of The False Claims Ac

United States Technology

MS

Miller Shah

Procedural Points #4 | Filing With The Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB)

United States Employment

TR

Tully Rinckey

Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Inside The Wirecard Scandal—Whistleblowing, Retaliation & Reform With Pav Gill (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Higher Education Litigation Summary: November 11, 2025

United States Consumer

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Thompson Coburn LLP

DOJ Charges Two Florida Men In $34.8M Medicare Fraud Scheme Targeting Beneficiaries

United States Healthcare

MS

Miller Shah

Whistleblower Retaliation: What Legal Protections Exist?

United States Employment

MS

Miller Shah

Private Equity Firm Avoids Potential False Claims Act Liability In Dismissal From Whistleblower Suit Brought By Healthcare Portfolio Company Executive

United States Commercial

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Winston & Strawn LLP

An Unusual Partnership: DOJ Antitrust Division Launches Joint Whistleblower Rewards Program With The Postal Service

United States Anti-trust

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Whistleblower Protections For Healthcare CEOs And Hospital Executives

United States Employment

Mizrahi Kroub

HHS Inspector General Exposes $11.5 Million Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme

United States Criminal

MS

Miller Shah

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Culture & Compliance Chronicles: Inside The Wirecard Scandal—Whistleblowing, Retaliation & Reform With Pav Gill (Podcast)

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Minutes On The Matter With Mike Beckwith: Ten Requirements For Whistleblowers Under New DOJ Program (Video)

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Key Considerations For Financial Institutions Subject To The New AML Whistleblower Law (Video)

AP

Arnold & Porter

Theranos Whistleblower Claims "Fraud Is Not A Trade Secret" (Video)

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Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.

Edward Snowden: Three Years On (Video Content)

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GFI Holding Malta Limited

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