• posted: Sep. 28, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• misuse of taxpayer money

This spring, NBC 5 in Dallas produced a 30-minute in-depth investigative report surrounding developments in the investigation into Dallas County Schools (DCS), a taxpayer-funded agency that oversees the transportation of Read More

• posted: Sep. 25, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblowers,  SEC,  whistleblower award

On February 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower 20 percent of the sanctions paid in association with an enforcement action brought forth as a result Read More

• posted: Sep. 21, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Recently implemented rule changes allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to file whistleblower retaliation claims against employers. These changes, adopted in May, also prevent employers from preemptively forbidding employees Read More

• posted: Sep. 18, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  whistleblowers,  Medicare

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently halted a False Claims Act lawsuit filed against Genentech Inc. In the suit, the plaintiff claimed the company defrauded Medicare Read More

• posted: Sep. 14, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower lawsuit,  discrimination in the workplace,  Racial discrimination

A former executive at Indian software company Infosys accused the company of racial discrimination in its hiring and promotion practices, saying the company favors Indian employees over people of other Read More

• posted: Sep. 11, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Racial discrimination

Earlier this year, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $35 million to more than 500 African-American employees to settle a lawsuit that alleged the large bank routinely favored its white employees. In Read More

• posted: Sep. 07, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Fox News

Cable news network Fox News has found itself in a great deal of legal hot water lately, including sexual harassment allegations levied against several of its most notable executives and Read More

• posted: Sep. 04, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower laws,  academic fraud,  whistleblower award

A federal judge has ruled that a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Duke University and a pair of researchers can proceed. The lawsuit alleges the university and researchers were able to secure Read More