• posted: Jan. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• SkyWest Airlines

A U.S. District Court recently awarded $2.45 million in damages to John Hayes, a former employee of SkyWest Airlines, in a wrongful termination lawsuit. In the case, Hayes alleged the Read More

• posted: Jan. 25, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• retaliation suit,  Employees protected against retaliation

A former engineer at Raytheon filed a $3.56 million lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and retaliation for having reported his concerns about timecard fraud to ethics officials within the company. However, Read More

• posted: Jan. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• taking advantage of position

Over the past several months, we have seen high-powered, A-list celebrities and public officials toppled by allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. Many of these cases involved powerful men taking Read More

• posted: Jan. 18, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,  Filing a whistleblower claim,  whistleblowers can alert the government

In a news release posted on its website, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports it won nearly $500 million for victims of workplace discrimination in 2017. It also Read More

• posted: Jan. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• health care conspiracy

A group of health clinic owners in Houston will head to federal court after being indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and kickbacks, according to a joint Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Lawson's case,  whistleblowing protection,  whistleblowing retaliation

A former executive for Fidelity Investments has sued the mutual funds company, claiming it retaliated against her after she blew the whistle on potential fraud to investors. The whistleblower, Jackie Hosang Read More

• posted: Jan. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• New Legislation
• Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act,  Senator Joni Ernst,  strong whistleblower protection

A bill named after a whistleblower who worked at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin, was signed into law in October. The legislation, entitled the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• annual report highlights

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower recently released its annual report for 2017. The big headline coming from the report is that whistleblower tips have helped the SEC recover nearly Read More

• posted: Jan. 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Uncategorized

Attorney Steve Kardell was quoted in the December 26, 2017 edition of "Bloomberg Government." In an article titled, "Lockhead, Northrop Grumman Again Thward F-35 Cost Claims," by Daniel Seiden, Attorney Read More

• posted: Jan. 01, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• secret wait lists,  uncover wrongdoing,  Veterans Affairs facilities

The U.S. Office of the Inspector General recently uncovered secret wait lists at Veterans Affairs facilities in the Colorado communities of Golden, Colorado Springs and Denver after tips from a Read More