• posted: Dec. 03, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• CFPB,  deceptive claims

In July, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a final judgment to resolve allegations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) allegations against Certified Forensic Read More

• posted: Nov. 30, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• overweight hauling,  truck driver

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ordered a California trucking company to reinstate a former truck driver it fired after raising safety concerns about overweight hauling. The instructions from OSHA Read More

• posted: Nov. 26, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  covid,  covid-19,  workplace safety

Katrina Bryant, a former worker at a construction site for a new Amazon warehouse in Boardman, Oregon, alleges she was the victim of wrongful termination after she raised concerns to Read More

• posted: Nov. 23, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award

In July, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a $3.8 million award to a whistleblower who assisted the commission by providing crucial information during an ongoing investigation into Read More

• posted: Nov. 19, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act,  paid leave

A former server from a Charleston, South Carolina restaurant filed a lawsuit against the business, claiming he was fired after leaving work to get tested for COVID-19. According to Justin Mackie, Read More

• posted: Nov. 16, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• company policies,  compliance

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a wide range of potential risks to employers beyond just exposure to the virus. There has been a significant increase in whistleblowing activity surrounding Read More

• posted: Nov. 12, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• working from home

A San Diego woman, Drisana Rios, claims she was fired from global insurance firm HUB International due to the difficulties she was having with managing childcare for her two young Read More

• posted: Nov. 09, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• covid,  covid-19,  workplace safety

After months of negotiations, members of the Bartenders Union Local 165 and Culinary Workers Union Local 226 have new agreements in place with a pair of the Las Vegas Strip’s Read More

• posted: Nov. 05, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Fair Labor Standards Act,  overtime pay,  FLSA,  FLSA violations

An in-home healthcare provider based in New York City recently agreed to pay out $12.5 million to settle allegations it systematically denied workers their overtime pay, a violation of the Read More

• posted: Nov. 02, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower settlement,  Medicaid Fraud,  Medicare Fraud

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) announced over the summer it would agree to pay $57 million to settle a whistleblower claim filed by a former executive in Read More

• posted: Oct. 29, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• defrauded investors,  Veriet

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged Vereit, Inc. (previously known as American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.) with intentionally overstating important performance metrics, a form of fraud. Read More

• posted: Oct. 26, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• FLSA violations

As of July 1, the United States Department of Labor is no longer automatically seeking double damages in settlements with employers believed to have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act Read More

• posted: Oct. 23, 2020
• rclemente
• Uncategorized

In an interview on Law.com, Whistleblower As a result of being on the other side of many disputes with Littler, I was aware of their multi-functional knowledge base, for both Read More

• posted: Oct. 22, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• stock options

Jason Cagle, the former CFO of United Surgical Partners International (a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare in Dallas), filed a lawsuit against his former employer alleging whistleblower retaliation. Cagle had worked for Read More

• posted: Oct. 19, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• exposing wrongdoing,  SEC whistleblower award,  securities fraud

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $125,000 in June to a whistleblower who went through the SEC’s whistleblower program to report wrongdoing. According to SEC Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• TSA,  TSA Whistleblower,  covid-19

A whistleblower who works for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) alleged the TSA failed to implement appropriate early safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite repeated pleas from employees. As Read More