Author: Pamela Coyle Brecht

European Union-Wide Whistleblower Protection: A Growing Trend?

What Happened

On April 16, 2019, the European
Parliament made history with the approval of the European Union (EU) Whistleblower
Directive (“Directive”) that provides universal whistleblower protections for
all potential “reporting persons” located within member states of the EU. These
protections apply whether or not the reporting person is a citizen of an EU
member.

Germany Whistleblowing Reform Law

What Happened?

In July 2016, Germany amended the German Act on Financial Services Supervision (Finanzdienstleistungsaufsichtsgesetz – “FinDAG”) and created whistleblower protections for employees of all companies subject to the supervision of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – “BaFin”). BaFin, when formed in 2002,

Whistleblowing: The British Way

What Happened?

In seeking to limit the abuse of whistleblower legislation, the United Kingdom enacted the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act of 2013, which amended the Public Interest Disclosure Act of 1998, and mandated that all disclosures of misconduct be made in the “public interest.”

The Background

In 1998,

The U.S. Attorney for Philadelphia Forges a Strike Force of Seasoned Prosecutors

William M. McSwain, Esquire was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to be the 39th U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It is also one of the nation’s largest districts covering over 4,700 square miles with over five million people residing within the district.

Crime Can Pay if You Blow the Whistle

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) is an independent U.S. federal agency established by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974. The CFTC’s Whistleblower Program was created by the Dodd-Frank Act, adding a section called “Commodity Whistleblower Incentives and Protection” to the Commodity Exchange Act. Whistleblowers are eligible for 10-30% of the monetary award the regulator collects if the information leads to an SEC enforcement action with sanctions over $1 million.

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