• posted: Dec. 28, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• federal protection,  value of whistleblowing

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower released its annual report in mid-November. It highlighted the value whistleblowers have provided to the agency and the country Read More

• posted: Dec. 25, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• anti-fraud,  health care fraud,  International Fraud Awareness Week

Valdosta State University in Georgia recently hosted a presentation in recognition of International Fraud Awareness Week (November 12-18), a global initiative developed to minimize the effects of fraud by promoting Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Foreign Corrupt Practice Act,  whistleblowing,  Whistleblowing in Mining Companies

Four mining companies have now disclosed that they are subject of investigations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). One company first disclosed an investigation in late November, while Read More

• posted: Dec. 18, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• failure to pay out benefits,  high-risk” patients,  VA whistleblowers

A former surgeon with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently claimed VA hospital administrators routinely manipulate hospital statistics by denying care to some patients to make their facilities look Read More

• posted: Dec. 14, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Seattle Swedish Health hospital,  Swedish Health Whistleblower Award,  whistleblowers can alert the government

Dr. David Newell recently blew the whistle on a case involving neurosurgeons who allegedly double-booked patients for surgeries at a Seattle Swedish Health hospital. He was awarded $17.5 million after Read More

• posted: Dec. 11, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• leaks,  President Donald Trump,  Whistleblower protections not in question

In President Donald Trump’s first official speech at the United Nations, he urged the global body to take more steps to protect whistleblowers. In his remarks, he spoke about a need Read More

• posted: Dec. 07, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Contract Rigging Case,  Filing a whistleblower claim,  Whistleblower Earns Award

A whistleblower was recently paid $470,000 of a $2 million settlement after successfully challenging what she believed — with agreement from government prosecutors — to be a shell company at Read More

• posted: Dec. 04, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Corporate Whistleblower Center Aims,  short staffing

The Corporate Whistleblower Center recently launched an ambitious new initiative designed to help nursing home and skilled nursing facility employees received rewards for providing information proving their employer is billing Read More