Department of Justice Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (guidance, 1 August 2024)

Pilot Program guidance (1 Aug 2024, 14 pp.): legal basis (28 U.S.C. 524(c)); three-year pilot run by MLARS from 1 Aug 2024; eligibility and exclusions (entities, those eligible under other programmes, DOJ staff and family, foreign officials, meaningful participants, false statements); original information (incl. 120-day internal-report window and 120-day exception for compliance staff); four subject areas; voluntary, truthful, cooperation requirements; forfeiture over $1,000,000; award scale (up to 30% of first $100 million, up to 5% of $100-500 million, none above $500 million, 30% presumption on first $10 million); payment priority (victims first); factors that raise or lower awards; confidentiality; anonymous submission through an attorney; retaliation; permanent bar after three frivolous submissions; congressional notice of awards over $500,000 (28 U.S.C. 524(c)(2)); submission procedure (attorney must provide signed form within 7 days on request); 90-day claim window; award determinations not appealable. Already in the data: six rules. Added: 30% presumption threshold, 120-day internal-reporting window. Not recorded as rules (no fitting rule type): no award on net proceeds above $500 million (already in the notes of the 5% row), the $500,000 congressional-notification trigger, the three-submission bar, the 7-day attorney deadline. No statistics.