• posted: Dec. 30, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• whistleblower,  wrongful termination,  experienced attorney

According to a recent lawsuit filed by an ex-employee of the Grand Prairie ISD, former superintendent Susan Simpson Hull fired that employee after they told an investigator about financial wrongdoing 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: Oct. 01, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• whistleblower,  fraud settlement,  Dallas attorney

Healogics, a company based in Jacksonville, Florida, that handles the management of hospital-based wound care centers around the United States, reached a $22.5 million settlement in a case involving allegations Read More

• posted: Sep. 24, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• financial fraud,  whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program allows eligible whistleblowers to obtain monetary awards when providing the agency with original information about securities violations, which may include financial fraud. Read More

• posted: Sep. 20, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• whistleblower,  fraud,  fraud settlement,  Dallas attorney

A federal court recently approved a $142 million class-action lawsuit settlement for Wells Fargo after the bank was accused of opening fake accounts in customers’ names. The settlement received preliminary Read More

• posted: Sep. 06, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  Dallas attorney

A jury in Morristown, New Jersey, recently ruled unanimously that the town’s police chief, Pete Demnitz, removed officer Keith Hudson from his position after he blew the whistle to authorities Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  employee rights,  whistleblower

Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited and several of its subsidiaries recently agreed to pay $20 million to settle False Claims Act violation allegations. The company and its subsidiaries were accused Read More

• posted: Aug. 30, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower,  whistleblower award

A jury in Sonoma County awarded $1.1 million to a whistleblower in a case against the Hanna Boys Center, ruling the whistleblower had been wrongfully terminated for raising his concerns Read More

• posted: Aug. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower protection,  whistleblower

Over the last year and a half, there have been numerous reports about employees of federal agencies not being allowed to use specific words when preparing documents for Congress or Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  whistleblower lawsuit,  whistleblower award

A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner stands accused of encouraging a client to hide information from the Federal Trade Commission revealing that his cybersecurity firm revealed patient data Read More

• posted: Aug. 20, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held a meeting June 12 in Washington, D.C. to get feedback from stakeholders in the trucking and railroad industries about whistleblower laws Read More

• posted: Aug. 16, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  cybersecurity

Recent guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as cases involving the agency and a Supreme Court ruling on whistleblower protections, have shown just how seriously Read More

• posted: Aug. 13, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower,  discrimination in the workplace

Mark Johnson, a former HSBC Holdings, PLC trader, recently became the first person to be convicted in an international investigation into currency rigging. In late April, a U.S. District Judge Read More

• posted: Aug. 09, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  sexual harassment

The #MeToo movement gained such tremendous momentum in the second half of 2018 that its members were named the TIME People of the Year. Not only has the movement had Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  unlawful activity,  discrimination in the workplace

A U.S. District Court in Brooklyn awarded $5.1 million to 10 workers who claimed their employer, United Health Programs of American, Inc., forced them to participate in group prayers and Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  whistleblower

Wells Fargo has gone through no shortage of scandals in recent years, and now it has more bad news. In late April, Wells Fargo agreed to shell out $9.5 million Read More