Whistleblower News From The Inside -- February 27, 2017
Posted 02/27/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Score One for the Bank Whistle-Blowers – A recent Supreme Court decision on an important bank whistleblower case essentially confirms that some courts have been using too narrow a legal standard in determining what constitutes a false claim. The allegations in the case date back to the financial crisis and claims against Wachovia and World Savings Bank, both now a part of...
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Following the 
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As the rest of Hollywood prepares for Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony, Johnny Depp is gearing up to fight his financial advisers in court. Last month, the Pirates of the Caribbean star sued his long-time advisers at The Management Group, alleging that they “engaged in years of gross mismanagement, self-dealing, and at times, actual fraud.” The Management Group has since...
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The Trump administration
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Credit Suisse probe opens old wounds
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Many in the global fight against government corruption 
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Le Pen Top Aide under Formal Investigation – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s chief of staff, Catherine Griset, was placed under formal investigation following a day of questioning related to her alleged misuse of EU funds to pay parliamentary assistants. 
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A new study by Jaron H. Wilde, a University of Iowa accounting professor, shows that companies experience a significant reduction in financial wrongdoing after undergoing investigations prompted by whistleblower reports. Wilde’s paper, titled “The Deterrent Effect of Employee Whistleblowing on Firms’ Financial Misreporting and Tax Aggressiveness,” will be published in...
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Supreme Court Breathes New Life into Whistleblower Case Against Wells Fargo – “With a ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court revived a long-running whistleblower lawsuit that accused Wachovia’s investment bank of violating accounting rules and skirting internal controls to pursue short-term profits.”