• posted: Oct. 30, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• ETF Trades,  WFG Investments

A former representative from WFG Investments, Inc., agreed to a court decision that he be barred from the securities industry as penalty for recommending trades in particularly risky, nontraditional exchange-traded Read More

• posted: Oct. 26, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Changing standards,  mixed motive standard,  motivating factor

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently determined that for an employee to be able to advance a viable retaliation claim under the Family and Medical Leave Read More

• posted: Oct. 23, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• disability discrimination,  Grinnell Regional Medical Center

A hospital employee who filed a lawsuit alleging age and disability discrimination and employer retaliation was awarded $4.45 million. He filed the suit against his former employer, Grinnell Regional Medical Read More

• posted: Oct. 19, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• FCA claims,  Medicaid,  misclassified EpiPen

Sanofi-Aventis, a large pharmaceutical company, was awarded $38.7 million for its role in bringing a $465 million False Claims Act case against Mylan. The company settled amid allegations that it Read More

• posted: Oct. 16, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• compensation for the wrongdoing,  Honeywell International,  protections to whistleblowers

A former employee has filed a lawsuit against Honeywell International, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey. She is alleging fraud, breach of contract and discrimination. In the Read More

• posted: Oct. 12, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Island Health and RMCP Investigate,  losing sleep,  throwing up

A woman who was hired to take care of a senior citizen from Nanaimo may have used that opportunity to steal his money, according to the 93-year-old man she was Read More

• posted: Oct. 09, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy is under fire for terminating a civilian whistleblower who reportedly discovered life-threatening risks to pilots and others due to the improper testing of aircraft fueling equipment and Read More

• posted: Oct. 05, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower lawsuits,  wrongful termination,  whistleblower claims,  whistleblower retaliation

The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled a whistleblower retaliation claim filed by a lab quality technician at a Springfield, Minnesota, facility run by MAT Holdings, Inc. would Read More

• posted: Oct. 02, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Medicare,  whistleblower lawsuit,  healthcare fraud

A pair of Medicare Advantage insurers based in Florida agreed to pay nearly $32 million to settle a whistleblower claim. In the claim, a whistleblower alleged the insurance providers routinely exaggerated Read More