On Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2013 (S. 42), a bill that would extend whistleblower protections to employees who report potential violations of antitrust and related criminal conduct. Notably, the measure does not provide an economic incentive akin to the Dodd-Frank bounty program for blowing the whistle on potential criminal law violations. The sum and substance of the bill would prevent retaliation against employees who do come forward, and provide them with judicial redress and possible compensatory damages in the event they are unfairly discriminated against.
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