New Senate bill protects whistleblowers in antitrust cases
Last Monday, the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan bill designed to prevent retaliation against whistleblowers who provide tips about criminal price-fixing to the Department of Justice.
The co-authors of the bill, Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Lahey (D-VT), also wrote the whistleblower provisions contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which provide significant protections to corporate whistleblowers, particularly employees at publicly traded corporations.… Continue Reading