On May 12, the Head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti, announced that the DOJ Whistleblower Program has added a number

Last year, thirteen brave AI whistleblowers issued a letter titled “A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence,” risking retaliation for highlighting rampant concerns around internal safet...

“[I]f this unlimited power of removal does exist, it may be made, in the hands of a bold and designing man, of high ambition, and feeble principles, an instrument of the worst oppression, and most vin...

Though the U.S. has paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, liberal democracies across the globe are well equipped to reverse any setback in anti-corruption enforcement, potentially h...

As the Trump administration implements increased tariffs, U.S. authorities will continue to crack down on companies who seek to evade customs duties. In

On April 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had awarded $6 million to joint whistleblowers who voluntarily provided

Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office released its first-ever multi-year operating plan, “outlining guiding principles, strategic

Shifting U.S. enforcement priorities may soon create a crisis in international anti-corruption efforts. For decades, the United States spearheaded those efforts through prosecutions under the Foreign ...

On April 15, Senator Charles Grassley sent a letter to Meta Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers relating to allegations that the tech giant

In February, a panel of three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,

During the first quarter of 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a number of False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgements, many of

On Friday, April 4, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto joined a group of 504 leading law firms in filing a joint amicus curiae brief in Perkins Coie’s lawsuit

On April 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a ruling temporarily reinstating Cathy A. Harris, who leads the Merit Systems

On March 24, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted a whistleblower award to an individual who voluntarily provided original

On March 26, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025. The bill strengthens protections for

On March 26, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the SEC Whistleblower Reform Act of 2025, which makes a number of

On March 25, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto founding partner Stephen M. Kohn spoke at the OECD 2025 Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum, appearing on

Today, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a bombshell report detailing massive environmental and human rights violations by the

From March 19-21, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto attorneys will be attending The Anti-Fraud (TAF) Coalition's Third Annual Financial Fraud Conference.

The Continuing Resolution bill passed by Congress on March 14 includes an extension of the emergency funding measure saving the Commodity Futures Trading

Late on February 7, President Donald Trump fired Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Dellinger quickly

On February 21, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the False Claims Act (FCA) case Wisconsin Bell Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Heath, ruling that a qui tam whistleblower suit alleging that ...

On February 20, National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is hosting a free webinar at 5:30 PM EST called Knowing Your Rights as a Federal Employee: Special

Another banner year shows that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have developed the gold standard for whistleblower award programs, but a CFTC f...

On December 12, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published final rules for its Auto Safety Whistleblower Program, over eight years past a...

On November 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an award order granting a $2 million whistleblower award to an individual who voluntarily provided original information that...

Government authorities and whistleblowers can receive ‘pennies on the dollar’ in penalties against nursing home chains defrauding vulnerable elderly...

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2024 details another record fiscal year for the hugely successful SEC Whistleblower Program. During FY 2024, the SEC Whist...