• posted: Aug. 30, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower,  whistleblower award

A jury in Sonoma County awarded $1.1 million to a whistleblower in a case against the Hanna Boys Center, ruling the whistleblower had been wrongfully terminated for raising his concerns Read More

• posted: Aug. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower protection,  whistleblower

Over the last year and a half, there have been numerous reports about employees of federal agencies not being allowed to use specific words when preparing documents for Congress or Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  whistleblower lawsuit,  whistleblower award

A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner stands accused of encouraging a client to hide information from the Federal Trade Commission revealing that his cybersecurity firm revealed patient data Read More

• posted: Aug. 20, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held a meeting June 12 in Washington, D.C. to get feedback from stakeholders in the trucking and railroad industries about whistleblower laws Read More

• posted: Aug. 16, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  cybersecurity

Recent guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as cases involving the agency and a Supreme Court ruling on whistleblower protections, have shown just how seriously Read More

• posted: Aug. 13, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower,  discrimination in the workplace

Mark Johnson, a former HSBC Holdings, PLC trader, recently became the first person to be convicted in an international investigation into currency rigging. In late April, a U.S. District Judge Read More

• posted: Aug. 09, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  sexual harassment

The #MeToo movement gained such tremendous momentum in the second half of 2018 that its members were named the TIME People of the Year. Not only has the movement had Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  unlawful activity,  discrimination in the workplace

A U.S. District Court in Brooklyn awarded $5.1 million to 10 workers who claimed their employer, United Health Programs of American, Inc., forced them to participate in group prayers and Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  whistleblower

Wells Fargo has gone through no shortage of scandals in recent years, and now it has more bad news. In late April, Wells Fargo agreed to shell out $9.5 million Read More