Krista Cooper

Sep 4, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Krista Cooper |Craig Stewart

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently introduced its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (CWAPP), designed to supplement its existing criminal enforcement mechanisms to combat corporate crime. Under the CWAPP, whistleblowers can receive financial rewards in exchange for their submission to DOJ of original information about certain corporate crimes.

Jan 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Krista Cooper |Jennifer Michael |Craig Stewart

On January 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Final Rule that seeks to provide clarity regarding OCR’s enforcement authority and processes relating to federal laws that protect against discrimination and retaliation based on religion or conscience (the Final Rule). This Final Rule, entitled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes,” will take effect March 11. What Are the Federal Conscience Laws?