• posted: Feb. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  Fair Labor Standards Act,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Supreme Court in October 2018 that businesses are allowed to discriminate against workers based on gender identity without violating federal law. In an appearance Read More

• posted: Jan. 14, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower retaliation,  Harassment and Retaliation

Mark Livingston, a 21-year Marine Corps veteran and former senior intelligence worker for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), recently filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. In it, Read More

• posted: Jan. 10, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower retaliation,  whistleblower settlement

Manny Verdi, a former administrator at an elementary school in the Bronx, earned $230,000 in a settlement from the city after alleging he experienced retaliation for acting as a whistleblower. Verdi Read More

• posted: Jan. 07, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower protection,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

Bald Mountain Air Service, an aviation company based in Anchorage, Alaska, will pay out $500,000 in a whistleblower case in accordance with a ruling handed down by an administrative law Read More

• posted: Dec. 31, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  wrongful termination,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower retaliation

Victoria Murphy, a former employee of Albuquerque Animal Welfare, filed a lawsuit against the city after she was fired for what she says was blowing the whistle to protect public Read More

• posted: Dec. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblower awards,  whistleblower program,  Dallas attorney

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower program has been an undeniable success since its launch, leading to millions of dollars’ worth of awards to several dozen whistleblowers in that Read More

• posted: Dec. 20, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  fraud settlement,  Dallas attorney,  Medical Fraud

Healthcare Partners Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the largest dialysis providers in the nation (DaVita Inc.), agreed to pay $270 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit. The organization was alleged Read More

• posted: Dec. 17, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  retaliation,  Dallas attorney

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) recently introduced a bill that would provide greater protections to whistleblowers against suspension, denial or revocation of security clearances as a form of retaliation for Read More

• posted: Dec. 13, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  retaliation,  wrongful termination,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

A police officer from Clementon, New Jersey, recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city and top law enforcement officials. The plaintiff claims the police chief, Charles Grover, retaliated against Read More

• posted: Dec. 10, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower claim,  Dallas attorney

The City of Cleveland will pay a $425,000 settlement in response to a whistleblower claim filed by an employee at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. According to Abdul Malik-Ali, the whistleblower in Read More

• posted: Dec. 06, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  wrongful termination,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney,  dismissal of claim

A federal judge recently denied a request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower who claims an employee of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was fired because she refused to Read More

• posted: Dec. 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  whistleblower claims,  unlawful activity,  Dallas attorney

A former employee of Smiles 4 Kids, a Washington-based pediatric dental chain, filed a whistleblower complaint accusing the company of reusing disposable dental tools. As a result, the Washington State Read More

• posted: Nov. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• confidential data,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

A federal judge in Sacramento recently ruled against the state of California’s push to keep private a whistleblower report about psychiatric care in the state’s prisons. As a result, much Read More

• posted: Nov. 26, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower program,  Dallas attorney

Once enacted, the new Treasury Laws Amendment will extend protections afforded to whistleblowers in the financial, credit and corporate sectors. This legislation will apply to any reports made by whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Nov. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

Blowing the whistle on corporate wrongdoing is a heroic act that takes a lot of guts. While today there are more protections against retaliation and termination afforded to whistleblowers than Read More

• posted: Nov. 19, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower awards,  disclosure of information,  Dallas attorney,  confidential information

Since the establishment of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program in 2011, there have been some occasional questions as to the scope and limitations of the federal agency’s ability to grant awards Read More