SEC awards bounty under Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions *

USA - August 28 2012
On August 21, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its first award to a whistleblower under the DoddFrank Acts bounty program

Co-authors: Matthew I. Hafter .

First Circuit adopts McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting analysis for False Claims Act whistleblower cases *

USA - February 9 2012
On February 7, 2012, the First Circuit, in Harrington v. Aggregate Industries-Northeast Region, Inc., Case No. 11-1511, adopted the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework in the context of a False Claims Act (“FCA”) whistleblower retaliation case.

Co-authors: Victoria S. Shin .

Top 10 whistleblower cases of 2011 *

USA - January 13 2012
Whistleblower litigation implicating a wide range of critical compliance issues continued to proliferate in 2011, and we saw a range of game-changing decisions. 

Co-authors: Kara Goodwin, Dawn Mertineit , Raymond A. Gallenberg, Steven J. Pearlman , Rachel S. Urquhart .

Seventh Circuit determines that retaliation can form the basis of a RICO violation *

USA - December 27 2011
On December 15, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a blow to corporate defendants by determining that retaliation against an employee for reporting alleged criminal activity to law enforcement can constitute a racketeering “predicate act,” resulting in liability under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”).