The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection confirmed that it has launched a pilot programme intended to acquire information from so-called whistleblowers.
The National Congress has extended the benefits for whistleblowers to crimes against the public administration (corruption and fraud against public administration), customs criminal offenses and economic and financial crimes.
The National Congress has extended the benefits for whistle-blowers to crimes against the public administration (corruption and fraud against public administration), customs criminal offenses and economic and financial crimes.
Earlier this month, reports emerged of a massive leak of documents that appear to have been stolen from a non-U.S. law firm. This is only the latest instance of confidential attorney files leaking into the public arena. The U.S. Department of Justice has already announced that it is investigating potential violations of law.
China released several provisions on protecting and rewarding whistleblowers for reporting duty crimes offering greater protection and incentives to the whistleblower
On April 22, 2015, the SEC announced that it had awarded an unidentified company’s unidentified compliance officer with a…
The United States Securities & Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) recently held its annual “SEC Speaks” conference in Washington, DC on February 20 and 21, 2015, which recapped the SEC’s prior year and emphasized SEC regulation and enforcement priorities for the coming year. Chair Mary Jo White and…
Currency of information: Spring 2014 News about whistleblowers has been prominent once again during the first half of…
On February 3, 2015, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC“) released a staff consultation paper which outlines a proposed framework…
On 18 November 2014, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published its 2014 Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program (“Report”)– a program designed under Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) to encourage the submission of information about violations of the…