• posted: Aug. 04, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• resignation letter

Sg. David “Kawika” Hallums of the Honolulu Police Department said he was removed almost immediately after being sworn in as the vice president of the State of Hawaii Organization of Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Medicare Fraud,  Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced two settlements of qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act, which allows private individuals to file lawsuits on behalf of the government Read More

• posted: Jul. 26, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• sexual orientation discrimination

Brian Ball, a former trainer for the Chicago White Sox who worked for the team for 20 years, filed a lawsuit against the team and its general manager Rick Hahn, Read More

• posted: Jul. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower award,  anti-retaliation

The Whistleblower Program of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been a significant success since its implementation in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, but there have been some Read More

• posted: Jul. 19, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• retaliation,  discrimination,  adverse action

An “adverse employment action” such as wrongful termination, denial of a raise or promotion, denial of benefits or assignment to less-attractive duties could play an important role in a whistleblower’s Read More

• posted: Jul. 14, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower award,  SEC award

On April 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued whistleblower awards to two groups of recipients comprising five total whistleblowers. According to the SEC, both of these group sof Read More

• posted: Jul. 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• market manipulation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) on May 18 for action taken against Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelez Global LLC. The Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee wrongdoing,  trade secrets

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. recently settled a lawsuit against a former engineer it had alleged stole confidential information before taking a job with a competitor. The former employee was Gaurav Kathuria, who Read More

• posted: Jul. 05, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• world bank

A recent investigation by the World Bank Administrative Tribunal found that the World Bank failed to take appropriate action to protect a pair of employees who filed sexual harassment complaints Read More

• posted: Jun. 30, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• FCC,  federal assistance programs

TracFone Wireless Inc., a Miami-based telecommunications carrier, will pay $13.4 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations. The case was originally brought by a whistleblower, Farrell Gordon, who will Read More

• posted: Jun. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• wrongful termination lawsuit,  whistleblower claim,  retaliation claim

A former firefighter from Montebello, California recently filed a federal whistleblower wrongful termination suit worth more than $5 million. That firefighter, Vernon Creswell, already won a $2.6 million payout from the Read More

• posted: Jun. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC award,  SEC whistleblower awards,  securities fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a $14 million award to a whistleblower who published an online report that exposed ongoing fraud. That whistleblower shared the same information Read More

• posted: Jun. 23, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• false claims act violations

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania recently announced it initiated a lawsuit against family medical doctor Peter J. Baddick, III over allegations of medically unnecessary prescriptions Read More

• posted: Jun. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  healthcare fraud,  False Claims Act lawsuits

The U.S. Department of Justice recently revealed that 2021 was a major year for False Claims Act settlements and judgments. According to the DOJ, the federal government took in more than Read More

• posted: Jun. 16, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  kickbacks,  health care fraud

A recent lawsuit against a Georgia surgical company and the physician who owns it resulted in a $3 million lawsuit. The False Claims Act case was filed against Dr. Jeffrey Gallups Read More

• posted: Jun. 14, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act,  CPSIA

Are you aware of fraudulent activity within a consumer products company, or an inherent danger of a product the company is trying to conceal? It is important to know your Read More