US: Senators reintroduce bill to protect antitrust whistleblowers

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy introduced legislation to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to the Department of Justice related to criminal antitrust violations.

The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2015 will create for the first time whistleblower protections for employees who report antitrust violations. Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Charles Grassley introduced this bipartisan bill, which provides the following protections and remedies:

Protects employees who report violations of antitrust laws to internally or to the Federal Government from retaliation.

Allows an employee to file a whistleblower retaliation claim with the Department of Labor and also grants de novo review and a jury trial in Federal Court.

Provides employees who suffer retaliation to receive reinstatement, back pay, special damages, attorneys fees and costs.

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