• posted: Jun. 27, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• OECD

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently released a new report entitled “Committing to Effective Whistleblower Protection.” The publication contains information on the variety of whistleblower protection statutes in Read More

• posted: Jun. 23, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $10 million whistleblower award

In April, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissoin (CFTC) announced its largest whistleblower award yet: a sum of more than $10 million to a person whose information led to major Read More

• posted: Jun. 20, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower payouts

In recent years, the federal government has ramped up efforts to fight corruption in corporate settings, with whistleblowers receiving more protection and rewards for uncovering malevolent schemes within businesses and Read More

• posted: Jun. 16, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• food safety whistleblower

On April 18, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced new procedural rules for investigating any whistleblower claims that specifically focus on food safety. These Read More

• posted: Jun. 13, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• bribes

In a stunning revelation from a recent Bloomberg survey, approximately 80 percent of board-level executives polled admitted to having seen bribery and other types of corruption within their organizations. Many Read More

• posted: Jun. 09, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act

A whistleblower case in New York alleging false income tax claims was settled for $1.1 million. In the case, real estate developer Asher Roshanzamir was accused of wrongfully deferring income tax Read More

• posted: Jun. 06, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• whistleblower awards

The $57 million that has been paid out in 26 whistleblower awards from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since its whistleblower protection program began has not included any Foreign Read More

• posted: Jun. 02, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• wrongful termination

A whistleblower has filed a lawsuit against auto manufacturer Volkswagen, claiming he was terminated by the company after attempting to stop it from deleting evidence related to investigations into excess Read More

• posted: May 30, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  fraudulent activity

According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, a billion-dollar lawsuit against Raytheon Co. will proceed. The defense contractor is accused of fraudulently overbilling the U.S. Read More

• posted: May 26, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• roofer

A roofer from Madison, Maine was awarded more than $400,000 for being the key whistleblower in a recently settled lawsuit over allegations a company regularly cut corners when working on Read More

• posted: May 23, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC award,  securities law violation

In a recent case, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a Winnetka, Illinois man with a $750,000 award for his role in alerting authorities to securities law violations Read More

• posted: May 19, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• kickbacks

A whistleblower will collect $51 million after alerting authorities to a scheme of illegal kickbacks and bribes at Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a medical device company. In total, the company Read More

• posted: May 19, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to hand out large financial awards to whistleblowers under its program created by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Any whistleblower tips that Read More

• posted: May 16, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• New Legislation
• bill reauthorizing whistleblower protections

U.S. Rep. Rod Blum of Iowa has created a new piece of potential legislation that would better protect federal employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing within their agencies. This Read More

• posted: May 12, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee reinstated

Federal labor officials have ordered JPMorgan Chase Bank to reinstate an employee who was the victim of wrongful termination after he raised some concerns about the firm’s repeated failure to Read More

• posted: May 09, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• pleading standards

Large employers could expect to see an even greater increase in whistleblower complaints after new guidance from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration relaxes some of the standards for investigators Read More