• posted: Jul. 28, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award

According to federal safety officials, a company in Illinois must pay $190,547 in damages and back wages to a safety manager as the result of a whistleblower case that stemmed Read More

• posted: Jul. 25, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employer retaliation

A former sergeant at the Southern Regional Jail near Charleston, West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Regional Jail Authority, alleging employer retaliation. The man, Jason Hefner, says he Read More

• posted: Jul. 21, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in mid-May that it will award a whistleblower $5 million to $6 million for the person’s assistance in a recent investigation. The Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hand out a total of $450,000 split between two individuals who tipped off the agency to an incident of corporate wrongdoing and Read More

• posted: Jul. 14, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

A new report from the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense confirms allegations of retaliation against an officer in the West Virginia National Guard after her sexual Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award

A former employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections was awarded $280,000 in a settlement after filing a whistleblower complaint accusing officials in state prisons of fudging figures about mentally Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC actions against businesses

A new report published by the NYU Pllack Center for Law & Business and Cornerstone Research indicates that the number of actions the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought Read More

• posted: Jul. 04, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• best practices for whistleblower hotline reporting

There are currently more whistleblower protections than ever before in the United States, making it absolutely necessary for public agencies and private companies to have processes in place for whistleblowers Read More