• posted: Apr. 29, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• attempted to report the contamination

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) recently filed a lawsuit against Kraft-Heinz Foods on behalf of Dr. David Glover, a former sanitation manager at the company’s poultry processing facility in Newberry, Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• deferred prosecution agreement,  Department of Justice,  DPA

Businesses that secure a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) from the Department of Justice should be highly motivated to honor the agreement’s terms and avoid any hint of further violations. However, Read More

• posted: Apr. 25, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employees use their fingerprints,  storing employee fingerprints

The Hooters chain of restaurants recently was in court recently to respond to a lawsuit alleging it violated an Illinois privacy law when it reportedly began collecting and storing employee Read More

• posted: Apr. 22, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• graft and corruption,  histleblowers must be assertive,  mishandling a tip he sent,  perienced attorney

The economy has come a long way since the financial crisis of the late 2000s. However, the fallout for the big banks and discussions of how the federal government should Read More

• posted: Apr. 15, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• allegations of improper billing,  billed federal healthcare programs,  You can start a False Claims Act case

National pharmacy chain Walgreens recently settled a pair of False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits with the federal government for a total of $269 million. The claims involved allegations of improper Read More

• posted: Apr. 11, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• after it settled charges,  Steps to take to combat fraud,  U.S. Department of Justice for lack of complianc

Eagle Home Mortgage, a subsidiary of Lennar, is the defendant in a new whistleblower lawsuit that alleges the lender routinely approved unqualified borrowers for mortgages, going so far as to Read More

• posted: Apr. 08, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Ponzi scheme,  red flags,  Reporting the scheme

It is hard to believe, but we have now passed the 10-year anniversary of the federal government bringing down Bernie Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. This scheme did ultimately do some Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• kickbacks,  Medicaid Fraud,  False Claim act

The U.S. federal government announced it would join a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a West Virginia hospital. The suit includes allegations the hospital improperly submitted payments and kickbacks to physicians Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• tax fraud,  False Claim act

Sprint, the fourth-most popular mobile phone carrier in the United States, recently agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit to the tune of $330 million. The whistleblower in the case alleged the Read More