Whistleblower News From The Inside — November 13, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Volkswagen sets end-November deadline for scandal whistleblowers  — Volkswagen has set a deadline at the end of November for its whistleblower program designed to encourage workers to disclose information about the carmaker’s two emissions scandals in a move to speed up investigations.  Reuters

Massachusetts regulator charges RCS Capital unit with proxy voting fraud-– Massachusetts’ top securities regulator charged a unit of RCS Capital Corp with fraudulently casting shareholder proxy votes, alleging fake accents were used to impersonate investors.  Reuters

POGO revamps contractor misconduct database – According to the Project On Government Oversight’s database, Energy companies BP and Exxon Mobil, pharmaceutical producers GlaxoSmithKline and Merck, and defense/aerospace titans Lockheed Martin and Boeing are tops in misbehavior among the leading sellers of goods and services to the government.  POGO

Valeant CEO’s $27m windfall after stock error? — A new report suggests embattled Valeant Pharmaceuticals CEO J. Michael Pearson might have netted a windfall of more than $27 million after his company delivered to him “in error” the right to receive more than 500,000 shares of stock in 2013.  CNBC

Federal Reserve aims to close the revolving door — The Federal Reserve is weighing new measures to tighten the restraints it imposes on bank examiners who leave the central bank for jobs with financial institutions, following questions of a revolving door between the regulator and Wall Street.  WSJ