By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Reputation? She built her own. Although Taylor Swift does not traditionally fit the whistleblower definition in the legal or political sense, she has used her platform to take fierce stances on various topics. From speaking out about artists’ rights in the music industry to championing [...]
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: EU Antitrust Regulators Escalate Visa, Mastercard Probe, Documents Show Reuters – June 3, 2025 EU antitrust regulators are asking retailers and payments companies whether a standardized summary of fees by Visa and Mastercard and more transparency on the charges would address their concerns, according to [...]
The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is happy to announce the Fourth-Place Winner of the firm’s Fourth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest on the importance of whistleblowers. That award (and the $300 prize) goes to Cynara Onyemordi! Cynara is a recent political science graduate from the University of British Columbia. During her undergraduate studies, Cynara developed a [...]
By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Thursday (May 29), the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of roughly $700,000.1 According to the agency’s press release promoting the award, the whistleblower “prompted the CFTC to open the investigation,” and “provided substantial assistance and helped the Commission conserve [...]
The Constantine Cannon whistleblower team is delighted to announce the Fifth-Place Winner of the firm’s Fourth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest on the importance of whistleblowers. That award (and the $250 prize) goes to Alicia Terrero. Alicia is an incoming 1L at NYU School of Law. Her areas of interest include civil rights and employment law. [...]
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: More States Press Interchange Regulation as Illinois Legislators Contemplate Delaying the IFPA Digital Transactions News – May 23, 2025 More states are introducing legislation exempting merchants from paying interchange on sales tax and tips. Bills are currently pending in Alaska, Massachusetts, and New York. In [...]
By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Guity Verdict for Former CEO of Crypto and Blockchain Company SafeMoon: In an earlier article, we wrote about how federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York reaffirmed their intent to pursue criminal fraud charges against Braden John Karony, the former CEO of the [...]
By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Thursday (May 22), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Utah-based defense contractor L3 Technologies agreed to pay $62 million to settle charges it violated the False Claims Act by overcharging the Department of Defense (DOD) on various military contracts.1 L3 makes communications [...]
The Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team is delighted to announce its Fifth Law School Scholarship Essay Contest all about whistleblowers. Calling all law school students out there, future leaders of the Bar – here’s your chance to share your thoughts on what it means to be a whistleblower and the critical [...]
By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last week (May 19), the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memo describing the details of its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will use the False Claims Act to push the Trump Administration’s DEI agenda.1 In announcing the initiative,2 Attorney General Pam Bondi [...]
