2019 Whistleblower of the Year Goes to... Anonymous CIA Whistleblower on Ukraine

The results are in, and Constantine Cannon’s 2019 Whistleblower of the Year award goes to the anonymous Ukraine whistleblower who laid the groundwork for what has become the biggest threat to date for the Trump presidency.  She or he is the CIA analyst who filed an anonymous complaint alleging President Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to announce an investigation into Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.  Perhaps the most...

Whistleblower Law and Practice in the U.S. and Beyond – Gonzalez Speaks at Euro Latam Lex Conference

On February 6, 2020, Carolina Gonzalez of our London Office spoke at the VI International Congress of Euro Latam Lex in Washington, D.C.  This year’s edition focused on “Challenges in Compliance as we Enter the New ‘Roaring Twenties.’”  Carolina’s panel discussed key whistleblower reward programs in the US:  CFTC, SEC, IRS, and the False Claims Act, the expansion of similar programs in other jurisdictions like Canada and South Korea, and...

Top Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019

By any measure, 2019 was a Very Big Year for whistleblowers.  Our annual Top Ten lists identified 2019’s most significant financial recoveries by whistleblowers, as well as recoveries in enforcement actions at the federal and state level involving government procurement, healthcare, financial, tax, and other types of fraud.  But the numbers, as impressive as they are, can’t tell the full story of the impact that whistleblowers had in 2019.  Below,...

Vote Now for the 2019 Whistleblower of the Year

THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR THE 2019 WHISTLEBLOWER OF THE YEAR. POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED AND WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT Anonymous CIA Whistleblower on Ukraine IS OUR 2019 WINNER! Whistleblower Insider wants to hear from you on who should be honored as our 2019 Whistleblower of the Year. As in past years, we are especially interested in those individuals who best encapsulate the qualities of the typical whistleblower...

San Francisco Whistleblower Law Firm

To speak with a San Francisco based whistleblower lawyer call 347-417-2192 or complete the encrypted form below. San Francisco Whistleblower Attorneys Constantine Cannon | San Francisco Whistleblower Law Firm 50 California Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94111 T: 415.639.4001 F: 415.639.4002 [email protected] Get Directions Blow the Whistle Fraudulent activity is prohibited by law, but it’s especially troubling when a private company takes advantage of investors, customers, or taxpayers. For...

Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team’s Top-Ten “Staff Picks” of 2019

From cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and “big data” to private-equity backed healthcare, private detention facilities, and the essential whistleblower experience – your prolific and relentless CC WB bloggers have chosen some of their favorite 2019 posts (and one from 2018) – don’t miss these insider-favorite gems! Your worst nightmare – private data exposed to the unscrupulous – could be curbed by effective whistleblowers with information about cybersecurity breaches at companies with government...

Top Ten SEC and CFTC Recoveries of 2019

2019 was another busy year for the SEC and CFTC.  Once again, the SEC netted hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties and fines from companies and individuals accused of defrauding investors, breaching fiduciary duties, and violating the securities laws.  And that’s in addition to the SEC’s robust FCPA enforcement in 2019.  Meanwhile, the CFTC continued to root out market manipulators and other fraudsters in the commodities markets, with whistleblowers...

DOJ 2019 Fraud Statistics Tell Story of the Critical Role of Whistleblowers

The Department of Justice released its annual report of civil recoveries for fraud and false claims against the U.S., showing recoveries over $3 billion in settlements and judgments for the fiscal year ending September 2019. The data released by DOJ show the critical role that whistleblowers play in securing these recoveries for the government:  of the $3 billion recovered, over $2.2 billion – 72% – was recovered in cases initiated...

Top Ten Whistleblower Awards of 2019

2019 was another strong year for whistleblowers, who once again collectively recovered billions of dollars for the government and hundreds of millions of dollars in whistleblower rewards through their filing of lawsuits under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act.  Whistleblowers this past year also continued to secure financial rewards under the Dodd-Frank SEC Whistleblower and CFTC Whistleblower programs, and under the various state False Claims Act programs....

Why Whistleblowers Should be Honorary Members of the new Antitrust Strike Force

When our firm represented a whistleblower who brought down the largest oil companies in Korea for bid-rigging, resulting in fines and penalties of over $360 million, we did not imagine the case would play a role in launching a new initiative, the Justice Department’s Procurement Collusion Strike Force. The Strike Force is an interagency partnership tasked with rooting out collusive schemes like bid-rigging. The new group includes the Antitrust Division,...