by Lynam Knott | May 22, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Award Determinations, Guidance, Judicial Review
Judge Kroupa of the U.S. Tax Court issued three memorandum opinions on Tuesday concerning whether or not the whistleblowers in those cases could proceed anonymously under Rule 345(a). All three memorandum opinions, T.C. Memo 2014-92, T.C. Memo 2014-93, and T.C....
by Lynam Knott | May 12, 2014 | Department of Justice, Offshore Assets, Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, Whistleblower Awards
Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division of the Department of Justice, acknowledged that the Department of Justice had used information provided by whistleblowers in tracking down unreported offshore bank accounts held by United States citizens while...
by Lynam Knott | Apr 18, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, Judicial Review
There seems to be a trend of interpreting SOX in a way that extends the whistleblower protections to a widening circle of persons. Most recently, a judge in Eastern District of Pennsylvania had allowed a retaliation lawsuit under SOX against non-publicly traded...
by Lynam Knott | Apr 4, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS Whistleblower Office has released its Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2013. We had a good year with the IRS Whistleblower Program because they paid one of our clients a $38 million award, but overall the report certainly shows that there is a...
by Lynam Knott | Mar 6, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, Judicial Review
The United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Lawson v. FMR LLC on March 4, 2014. This case looked at whether the whistleblower protection provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley, found at 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, protect the employees of a privately held contractor...
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