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The End of Google’s Monopoly? What the Recent Antitrust Ruling Means for Digital Advertising
The term “Google” has stretched beyond the name of a specific search engine to become a verb,...
Whistleblowers and the Government’s Growing Interest in Customs Fraud
Courts and the government have shown an increasing interest in cases related to customs...
The Outside Audit, Rife with Conflict, Gives Whistleblowers a Key Role to Play
This article was authored by Danya Rangachar The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK's...
Whistleblowers In The Cryptocurrency Context
Despite the headlines being generated by the Sam Bankman-Fried trial, cryptocurrency is booming....
Swifties Sue Ticketmaster: Implications for Consumers and Investors
This article is by Xan Wolstenholme-Britt, John McKnight, and Sarah Chu The lawsuit against Live...
Automation: Effective or Efficient? Mass Layoffs and the Future of the Tech Industry
This blog was co-authored by John McKnight and Danya Rangachar. Microsoft recently invested $10...
Customs Fraud – Looking Back At 2022
As we move into 2023, customs fraud remains an issue that the U.S. combats every single year. With...
Watching and Safeguarding Against Fraud and Abuse of Climate Subsidies
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which included...
Tech World Forecast: A Perfect Storm for Whistleblowers
In recent weeks, uncertainty and upheaval have darkened the usually sunny skies over Silicon Valley. Mass layoffs have roiled the tech world. Meta recently laid off 11,000 workers. Twitter cut 3,700 jobs and Lyft released 700 employees. These layoffs followed months of missed earnings projections and a dizzying drop in share prices on the S&P 500. Senator Marco Rubio wrote an article calling for a law to ban TikTok, the most popular social media platform in the world. He says that TikTok poses a danger to Americans’ personal information and is a threat to national security. FTX bitcoin collapsed and will probably file for bankruptcy, with billions of dollars lost. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) extended the comment period for its yearlong investigation into whether the payment platforms operating at Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, and Square are fair to consumers. The DOJ has filed anti-trust cases against Facebook and Google for engaging in anti-competitive practices. It’s been a rough stretch for the tech industry. Government regulators have struggled to fully understand the inner workings of the tech industry and are now trying to fully grasp what has caused these financial calamities to occur. Were laws broken? Could the […]