• posted: Dec. 31, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• financial fraud,  financial crime,  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a record judgment against JPMorgan Chase & Company and its subsidiaries. JPMorgan will pay out a record $920.2 million for a CFTC case, Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• OSHA,  Occupational Safety and Health Administration,  whistleblower complaint

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports an increase in whistleblower complaints, particularly over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and many of which are related to the pandemic Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• AIG,  corporate fraud

An ex-attorney for American International Group (AIG) filed a federal lawsuit claiming AIG fired him after he formally complained about fraudulent activity surrounding an effort to create a separate legal Read More

• posted: Dec. 17, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• HIPPA

Potential whistleblowers in a medical setting should be familiar with HIPAA and its implications if they are to establish a viable case that does not violate the rights of other Read More

• posted: Dec. 14, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• eeoc,  race discrimination

Presbyterian Healthcare Services, a healthcare organization that operates Lincoln County Medical Center and its emergency services unit in New Mexico, paid $150,000 and provided other relief to settle a race Read More

• posted: Dec. 10, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employment discrimination,  discrimination,  Wells Fargo,  OFCCP

Wells Fargo agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle national claims that it routinely discriminated against black and female job applicants, a violation of antidiscrimination laws. According to the U.S. Department Read More

• posted: Dec. 07, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• CFTC Whistleblower Program

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced this summer a whistleblower award of approximately $9 million, one of its most valuable awards yet. The award was granted to a whistleblower who Read More

• posted: Dec. 03, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• CFPB,  deceptive claims

In July, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a final judgment to resolve allegations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) allegations against Certified Forensic Read More