Corporate whistleblower tips are skyrocketing. In FY 2020, the SEC received over 6,900 whistleblower tips – the most ever for any year. More than 80% of those tips came from company employees who had previously raised red flags, which typically should have triggered evaluations to determine what sort of internal probe might be necessary.
This new guide, authored by lawyers for government investigations and regulations at law firm King & Spalding, examines the entire decision process of an internal investigation and outlines best practices for in-house teams navigating internal investigations.