Federal jury awards $2.4 million in damages to fired AstraZeneca sales manager who alleged retaliation for whistleblowing OREGON LIVE A federal jury in Portland on Tuesday awarded $2.4 million in damages to a woman who said she was fired from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals for complaining about alleged misleading marketing tactics. read more » U.S. SEC considers disclosure mandate for range of climate, human capital metrics REUTERS
United States Files Suit Against California Skilled Nursing Chain and its Owner for Allegedly Paying Illegal Kickbacks to Physicians DOJ
SEC plans to go after market manipulation on social media, executive insider trading, Gensler says MARKETWATCH Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Monday that his agency is focused on adopting new rules to guard against company executives using private information to opportunistically sell shares of companies they oversee, while acknowledging that the SEC must come up with new strategies to guard against market manipulation on social media. read more »
Google will pay $270 million to settle antitrust charges in France over its ad technology NEW YORK TIMES Google agreed to pay roughly $270 million in fines and change some of its business practices as part of a settlement announced on Monday with French antitrust regulators who had accused the company of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market. read more » Ex-Hanford contractor to pay $3M to settle fraud allegations AP
Brazil probes U.S. oil trader Freepoint in alleged bribery scheme REUTERS Authorities in Brazil are investigating senior employees at Connecticut-based trading house Freepoint Commodities for their alleged role in a bribery scheme involving state-run oil company Petrobras, Reuters has learned. read more »
Oil exploration company in Okavango wilderness misled investors, SEC complaint says NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
SEC's 'Whistleblower Awards' keep getting bigger and bigger FINANCE FEEDS Financial fraud is rising. That fact has been reported by several industry authorities across the globe. The SEC, however, has found a way of countering these crimes by making it worthwhile to ‘blow the whistle’. read more » Whistleblower Is Awarded $28 Million in Panasonic Avionics Case WSJ
SEC Awards More Than $28 Million to Whistleblower Who Aided SEC and Other Agency Actions SEC
SEC Awards More Than $31 Million to Whistleblowers in Two Enforcement Actions SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced whistleblower awards to four individuals totaling more than $31 million. read more »
Under Armour founder sold $138 million in stock during time period company allegedly misled investors about slowing sales WASHINGTON POST