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Blowing the Whistle From Abroad: A Guide to the U.S. False Claims Act and the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
by Jay W. Eisenhofer, Reuben A. Guttman and Justin K. Victor
The United States Government has established laws providing for bounties to be paid to those who report certain types of fraud. Even foreign citizens are eligible to receive these monetary awards, which are paid under the False Claims Act… Read Article
Shareholder Rights and Corporate Governance in the Dodd-Frank Act
by Michael J. Barry and John C. Kairis
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act1 is a massive piece of legislation that is over 2,300 pages long. It authorizes various regulatory bodies to conduct additional studies and to enact rules to implement the Act… Read Article
SEC Adopts Proxy Access Rules Making it Easier for Shareholders to Nominate and Remove Directors
by Cynthia A. Calder
The ability of shareholders to require that the names of shareholder-nominated candidates for the board of directors be placed on the company’s proxy statement has long been considered the “holy grail” for shareholder activists… Read Article
Overview of the False Claims Act
by Reuben A. Guttman, Traci Buschner and Justin Victor
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the first version of the False Claims Act (FCA), a law inspired by a wave of defense contractor fraud during the Civil War… Read Article
New Financial Reform Legislation Provides Whistleblowers with Monetary Incentives to Report Fraud to SEC
by Reuben A. Guttman
Under the new legislation, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) was amended to provide whistleblowers with a bounty if they provide information to the SEC which leads to the Agency’s recovery of monetary sanctions…
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