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Whistleblowers can receive awards for reporting on tax violations under the IRS Whistleblower Program and under state programs, including under some states’ False Claims Acts. The programs receive large numbers of submissions, so it is essential to present the claims well so that the government can recognize the importance and value of your claim.  Partner Randall Fox gives ten guidelines that maximize the chances of a successful claim.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The law firm of Kirby McInerney LLP is pleased to announce that it has created a new practice group focused on supporting whistleblowers under the newly announced U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division Whistleblower Rewards Program.
 

NEW YORK - KM Partner Randall Fox spoke on June 27, 2025 at New York University's School of Professional Studies' 17th Annual Tax Controversy Forum.  Mr. Fox provided conference attendees with an update on the IRS Whistleblower Program.

NEW YORK - Partner Randall Fox spoke to Dr. Joe Piacentile of Whistleblower International's American Whistleblower Podcast concerning whistleblower law, his time at the New York Attorney General’s Office, where he was the founding Bureau Chief of the Taxpayer Protection Bureau and played a key role in several groundbreaking False Claims Act cases, including leading the state’s investigation and intervention into a tax whistleblower case against cell phone giant Sprint Corporation, which settled for $330 million, and other topics.
 

NEW YORK—(BUSINESSWIRE)—The law firm of Kirby McInerney LLP is proud to announce that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) has awarded approximately $700,000 to a whistleblower it represented.  Under the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission’s Whistleblower rules, a whistleblower who provides valuable information is entitled to between 10% and 30% of monetary sanctions collected by the Commission for commodities law violations.

SANTA DOMINGO – As general counsel of the World Jurist Association, KM Partner David Kovel presented the act of conferral of the World Peace and Liberty award to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the World Law Congress in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  The World Peace and Liberty award is considered the Nobel Prize of Law and has been awarded to, among others, Winston Churchill, René Cassin, Nelson Mandela, H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain, Ruth Bather Ginsburg, Andrew Young and the Colombian people represented by their President Iván Duque, and the European Commission represented by its president Ursula von der Leyen.