For many years, Michael Sullivan of our firm and his colleague Jim Breen have organized the “Whistleblower Law Symposium.” It has consistently received high marks from participants. This year’s Symposium will be available either in-person or online on Wednesday, March 13, starting at 815 am EDT. It offers 7.5 CLE…
After reporting on the SEC’s investigation and findings of 20 years of “misstatements” by the LDS Church and Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc., the Wall Street Journal‘s Jonathan Weil again reports on facts revealed by our SEC and IRS whistleblower submissions on behalf of our client, David Nielsen. Mr. Nielsen exposed…
Regarding this past Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview of our client David Nielsen, Mormon blows whistle on church’s alleged “clandestine hedge fund” (https://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/ ): Please see attached Statement, which is also reprinted below. FINCH MCCRANIE, LLP 229 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E. SUITE 2500 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 Phone: (404) 658-9070 www.finchmccranie.com May…
On Sunday, May 14, 60 Minutes featured an interview with our IRS and SEC whistleblower client David Nielsen. My colleague Richard Rubin and I are proud to represent this principled whistleblower. #cbs #60minutes #whistleblower #finchmccranie #secwhistleblower #irswhistleblower #ensignpeak
In this week of new bank bailouts (following Silicon Valley Bank’s), a bipartisan group of five Senators has urged common sense improvements to the SEC Whistleblower laws. These Senators emphasize the “crucial role of whistleblowers” in protecting both investors and taxpayer funds. The SEC Whistleblower Reform Act of 2023, co-sponsored…
As the anxious public yearns for vaccines, treatments, and protections from the virus, the SEC has warned of a “substantial potential for fraud relating to COVID-19. The SEC’s enforcement actions against 23 companies are just the start, as more fraud will undoubtedly be uncovered. Whistleblowers are critical to the SEC’s…
This past week our firm’s Larry D. Thompson, the former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, joined me for a panel discussion that I moderated on “The False Claims Act at 30,” at the annual Taxpayers Against Fraud Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Joining us on the panel were…
We are proud to announce that Finch McCranie partner and head of its Whistleblower practice Michael A. Sullivan has been named to the “SuperLawyers” list for the eleventh consecutive year. <!– –>
Yesterday the Justice Department apparently responded to the frequent lament, “Why has almost no one gone to prison for the financial crisis?” DOJ signaled that it will now look to hold responsible both culpable individuals and their companies for corporate misdeeds–both criminally and civilly. If DOJ means what it says,…
Sean McKessy of the SEC Whistleblower Program is right to continue his mission against muzzling whistleblowers through “confidentiality” agreements, for one simple reason: Intimidating witnesses from reporting fraud is a form of obstruction of justice. Although “confidentiality” agreements may appear innocent on their face, a company’s suggesting in any way…