• posted: Sep. 30, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• evidence of wrongdoing

A former Chief Compliance Officer for National Holdings Corp. claims she was fired after 16 years of working for the brokerage firm after she began investigating allegations of insider trading Read More

• posted: Sep. 26, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• CFTC whistleblower claim,  claims

The whistleblower program of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has recently handed out several awards, continuing a recent trend of awards coming from the commission at a fast pace. The Read More

• posted: Sep. 19, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee who reported fraud,  Whistleblower retaliation is illegal

Maxim Healthcare Service, a federal contractor for healthcare services, is the subject of a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it retaliated against an employee who reported fraud at an immigrant detention facility. According Read More

• posted: Sep. 16, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• award of $3 million,  whistleblowers submitted the tip jointly

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced an award of $3 million to be split between a pair of whistleblowers who provided the federal agency with information that Read More

• posted: Sep. 12, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• FMLA rights must be protected,  given a difficult time by an employer,  the Family and Medical Leave Act

A federal judge ruled a Burger King franchisee in Alabama illegally prevented a former employee from taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The employee in question, LaShondra Read More

• posted: Sep. 09, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• awarded a whistleblower more than $4.5 million,  reviewing allegations,  sanctions are greater than $1 million

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded a whistleblower more than $4.5 million after a tip the individual provided resulted in an employer reviewing allegations in an internal Read More

• posted: Sep. 05, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $21.57 million settlement

Informatica, a provider of cloud and data services, recently agreed to pay a $21.57 million settlement in a case that alleged the company overcharged the government by providing false or Read More

• posted: Sep. 02, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently filed a lawsuit against O’Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc. (DBA O’Reilly Auto Parts), alleging the company routinely subjected female employees at a store Read More