• posted: Oct. 29, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• defrauded investors,  Veriet

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged Vereit, Inc. (previously known as American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.) with intentionally overstating important performance metrics, a form of fraud. Read More

• posted: Oct. 26, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• FLSA violations

As of July 1, the United States Department of Labor is no longer automatically seeking double damages in settlements with employers believed to have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act Read More

• posted: Oct. 23, 2020
• rclemente
• Uncategorized

In an interview on Law.com, Whistleblower As a result of being on the other side of many disputes with Littler, I was aware of their multi-functional knowledge base, for both Read More

• posted: Oct. 22, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• stock options

Jason Cagle, the former CFO of United Surgical Partners International (a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare in Dallas), filed a lawsuit against his former employer alleging whistleblower retaliation. Cagle had worked for Read More

• posted: Oct. 19, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• exposing wrongdoing,  SEC whistleblower award,  securities fraud

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced an award of $125,000 in June to a whistleblower who went through the SEC’s whistleblower program to report wrongdoing. According to SEC Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• TSA,  TSA Whistleblower,  covid-19

A whistleblower who works for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) alleged the TSA failed to implement appropriate early safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite repeated pleas from employees. As Read More

• posted: Oct. 12, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Borrower Defense to Repayment,  Department of Education

An official from the United States Department of Education filed a whistleblower complaint earlier this year, stating the Trump Administration and the department under Secretary Betsy DeVos purposefully made it Read More

• posted: Oct. 09, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower protection,  retaliation,  Medicare Fraud

Josh Valdez, a former executive for a subsidiary of Aveta Inc., sued the company, claiming it had spent years engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare of hundreds of millions Read More

• posted: Oct. 07, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• hostile work environment,  sexual harassment,  workplace harassment

A former employee of Schlumberger, one of the largest names in oil field services, filed a $100 million lawsuit against the company alleging sexual harassment. According to Sara Saidman, the plaintiff, Read More