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Why are these record awards good news for consumers and investors? First, the fact that record whistleblower awards are coming out of Washington is strong confirmation that fears our federal regulatory agencies would cease to vigorously enforce the laws are overblown at least with respect to the financial markets.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s failure to properly inform some rich clients about conflicts of interest has resulted in a record $30 million whistleblower award by U.S. futures regulators.

On the same day that people linked to the three politically connected Gupta brothers were granted bail by a South African court after appearing on graft charges, one of the siblings, Ajay Gupta, was declared a fugitive.

Toyota Motor North America is recalling 21,700 vehicles in the U.S. after discovering two defects that could lead to fires. The separate recalls affect 11,800 2018 Toyota Camry sedans and 9,900 Lexus vehicles including, RC F vehicles from 2015-18 model years, GS F vehicles from 2016-18 model years, and 2018 LC 500 vehicles, the company said Wednesday.

The CBOE Volatility Index, known as the VIX, has been "suspect for at least seven years," says Bart Chilton, former CFTC commissioner. The whistleblower allegation of VIX manipulation "rings true to me," Chilton says.

Consumers in Germany and Ireland trying to hold carmaker Volkswagen AG and auto parts supplier Bosch GmbH liable for the manipulation of diesel engine emissions data will not be able to rely on documents produced by Bosch in U.S. litigation, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday.

Philanthropic heirs to OxyContin fortune have a 'moral duty to help make this right' says the widow of one of Purdue Pharma's founders The Sackler Drug Rehab Facility, unlike the prestigious Sackler art galleries of New York and London does not exist. Yet. If lawyers have their way, however, or public opinion pricks a few consciences, it may soon.

Consumers from Massachusetts today filed a class-action lawsuit against Nestle for allegedly regularly importing cocoa beans from suppliers in the Ivory Coast using the worst forms of child labor as recognized by the UN, including dangerous child labor and the slave labor of trafficked children, according to Hagens Berman.

Ford Motor Co on Monday warned an additional 33,000 owners of older pickup trucks in North America to stop driving them until potentially defective Takata Corp air bag inflators can be repaired.

The Business Times and The Straits Times reported on Feb 11 and Feb 12 respectively that Keppel Corp said it has not yet been served with the court papers relating to a new racketeering lawsuit brought against Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) by certain funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners in the United States.

Dutch lender Rabobank's California subsidiary agreed Wednesday to forfeit $369 million after a long-running investigation concluded the unit was used to launder millions of dollars in Mexican drug money. The subsidiary, Rabobank National Assn., also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

As Fiat Chrysler now braces for a potentially massive fine from the government and a recall over alleged emissions cheating on its V6 diesel engines in recent Jeep Grand Cherokees and Ram Trucks, the emails reveal what a hard time the automaker had in coming to grips with the mess Volkswagen created.

Whether they know it or not, investors should also be thanking Dodd-Frank whistleblowers for playing a central role in policing both traders and exchanges.

For all of the attention on US and international cases, Europe has been home to some of the world's most spectacular whistleblower revelations in recent years.

Honest investors in public markets which one way or another refers to most Americans expect the government to make sure traders and the very exchanges on which they trade are not breaking the rules to rip them off. Whether they know it or not, investors should also be thanking Dodd-Frank whistleblowers for playing a central role in policing both traders and exchanges.

Digital currencies such as bitcoin were in the spotlight again on Tuesday as lawmakers in the U.S. Senate questioned top markets watchdogs over how to better regulate the highly volatile and risky emerging asset class.

Corporate scandals are often the impetus for greater regulation. The Enron, Worldcom, and Arthur Andersen revelations led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the excesses of the financial sector paved the way for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic made changes in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

The U.S. Justice Department has offered to settle its emissions-cheating lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV if the automaker recalls 104,000 vehicles and pays a substantial but unspecified civil penalty.

"Haven knowingly submitted false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs for medically unnecessary hospice care for certain patients who had lengths of stays greater than three years," Acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow in Jacksonville said in a prepared statement.

ONI operates independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs) in Delaware and Maryland. The lawsuit alleges that ONI and Pfarr knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare