White Collar Crime Research: News

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, White-Collar Crime News & Press Releases

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Newsroom

1. Includes Securities Topics w/ link to page: Whistleblower Awards.
2. Links to Press Releases, Public Statements, Speeches & Testimony.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the Whistleblower

1. Includes news about recent SEC awards.
2. HIghlights recent guidance about whistleblower award determinations & amendments to the rules governing the SEC's whistleblower program.
   1. Example: Dec. 22, 2023 press release: SEC Awards More Than $28 Million to Seven Whistleblowers
   2. Example: Aug. 26, 2022 press release: SEC Amends Whistleblower Rules to Incentivize Whistleblower Tips (includes link to text of rule changes).

$ Lexis+: News provides deep, searchable archives of many U.S. & foreign news sources.

1. Tip: In these large news collections, try "Advanced" searches. 
2. Click: Advanced Search > enter Boolean searches in the Headline and Lead Sections segment. 
3. Feel free to email: askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu, to text: 718.734.2432 or to use the chat feature: "Need Help?" on this page for help in creating Boolean searches.

$ Westlaw Precision: News

1. Tip:: In this large news database, try Boolean searches, for example: fertility /p (state or federal) /p (investigat! or prosecut!) /p fraud 
2. Tip: Also, try "Advanced" searches.  To the right of the News search box, Click: Advanced > enter Boolean searches in the Title or Lead Paragraph fields. 
3. Feel free to email: askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu, to text: 718.734.2432 or to use the chat feature: "Need Help?" on this page for help in creating Boolean searches.

Current BLS students, faculty & administrators can cr eate individual accounts to access The New York Times and/or Financial Times (London) online.  Follow these instructions. 

Current BLS students, faculty & administrators can access content from The Wall Street Journal in Lexis+ and content from Wall Street Journal Online in Lexis+ and in ProQuest.

Wall Street Journal (Online): Access through ProQuest (remote access requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser) or through Lexis (enter your BLS Lexis username/password).  Tip in Lexis: To view all recent Wall Street Journal (Online) content, click: the three stacked dots (near top of screen) > click: Get all documents for this source.