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USA: Highest ever SEC whistleblower bounty awarded
On September 22, the SEC reported that it expected to provide an award of more than $30 million to a whistleblower who provided key information which led …
UK: Whistleblowing - reform proposals and guidance
The Government has published a consultation seeking views by 30 September 2014 on how to implement the proposed duty on prescribed …
USA: US Federal Appeals Court holds that the Dodd-Frank Act's whistleblower anti-retaliation provisions do not apply extraterritorially
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens AG, 13-4385-cv (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 14, 2014) upheld a lower-court's decision to …
UK: FCA and PRA publish conclusions on the impact of financial incentives for whistleblowers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have proposed not to introduce financial incentives for …
USA: Developments in whistleblower employee protections
The last several months have seen several important developments related to whistleblower employee protections in the United States. In March 2014, …
UK: Legislative reform - whistleblowing, zero hours and other changes
Following proposals outlined in the Queen's Speech, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill has now been published. It includes the …
UK: Government publishes response to consultation on Whistleblowing framework
On Wednesday, the Government published its response to its most recent call for evidence on the UK whistleblowing framework (available here). …
UK: Supreme Court determines that members of Limited Liability Partnerships are "workers" and therefore able to bring whistleblowing claims
The Supreme Court has today handed down its much anticipated decision in Clyde & Co LLP and another v Bates van Winkelhof. In overturning the …
USA: Whistleblowing - internal investigation documents may not always be privileged
In a controversial decision, US ex rel Harry Barko v. Halliburton Company, et al, a US District Court ordered an employer to disclose documents generated …
UK: Whistleblowing - sequence of communications protected
The EAT has confirmed that employees seeking to establish whistleblowing protection can rely on multiple communications taken together to establish a …
United States of America: Uncertainty over scope of whistleblower protections under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in 2010, offered new protections against retaliation to employees who report violations of the federal securities laws at …
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