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...
by Lynam Knott | Jan 23, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
Director Whitlock spoke along with Christopher Ehrman, the Director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s whistleblower program, and Sean McKessy, the Director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program, at a webinar put...
by Lynam Knott | Jan 22, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Offshore Assets, Uncertain Tax Positions
Last week the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) formally announced a whistleblower program for reporting Canadian tax fraud. Our contacts in Canada have told us that this measure has been in the works for a long time. For now the details remain a...
by Lynam Knott | Oct 16, 2013 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Award Determinations, Judicial Review
On October 15, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued an order denying certiorari of O’Donnell v. Commissioner, a case where summary judgment was granted by the Tax Court, and affirmed on appeal, because the information provided did not cause the IRS to...
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