We represent victims of reverse discrimination and anti-DEI whistleblowers

• posted: Feb. 03, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• franchise,  Racial discrimination,  case settlements

McDonald’s must pay $33.5 million to a black man who owns multiple franchises of the fast food restaurant to settle a lawsuit he filed against the company in which he Read More

• posted: Jan. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination,  emotional distress damages

Judith Zimmerman, a former professor at the University of Utah, won $760,000 in damages in a jury trial after she sued the university claiming whistleblower retaliation. The case was another example Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently announced it reached a settlement with Jae Lee, who formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of the Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL). The terms of the settlement Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC award eligibility

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded a whistleblower more than $2 million for disclosures that resulted in successful enforcement actions by both the SEC and the U.S. Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• fraudulent billing

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a department chair and the university’s physician group. The lawsuit stems from Read More

• posted: Dec. 30, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  SEC,  SEC award

The SEC whistleblower program achieved a significant milestone at the beginning of September when it surpassed a total of $1 billion in awards. The agency announced this first whistleblower award in Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• air quality violation

Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division allegedly issued multiple air quality permits to facilities despite predictive models demonstrating those facilities could violate pollution standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These Read More

• posted: Dec. 23, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19
• nursing home,  covid-19,  workplace safety

In a September article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, a whistleblower alleges executives of St. Therese of New Hope nursing home instructed staff to ignore protocols related to the COVID-19 Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  defective equipment

Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered by a judge to pay $68,400 in fees and expenses after being sanctioned for violations in a whistleblower lawsuit surrounding allegedly defective defibrillators. The decision was Read More

• posted: Dec. 16, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  kickbacks,  False Claim act

Healthcare organization Bayada recently agreed to pay $17 million to resolve claims that the organization engaged in a fraudulent kickback scheme. The allegations arose after the firm purchased a pair of Read More

• posted: Dec. 14, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  SEC,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an award of $2.6 million shared among five individuals who assisted the agency with three separate enforcement proceedings. One whistleblower received $1.2 million Read More

• posted: Dec. 09, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• improperly coded claims

John Peter Smith Hospital recently agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations. The hospital was alleged to have upcoded claims submitted to healthcare programs Read More

• posted: Dec. 07, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower claim,  false claims,  healthcare fraud

A hospital system based in Michigan agreed to settle a whistleblower claim for $2.8 million, ending a case that featured allegations it submitted false claims for medically unnecessary procedures. Ascension Michigan Read More

• posted: Dec. 02, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act,  whistleblower protection laws,  False Claim act

There are not any federal laws that afford general protections to corporate whistleblowers. However, there are many types of protected disclosures under federal whistleblower laws. These protections come from a Read More

• posted: Nov. 25, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC,  compliance officer,  SEC whistleblower awards

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded three compliance professionals a joint award of $1 million for their role in helping the agency uncover and prosecute misconduct at their Read More

• posted: Nov. 11, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

A group of current and former employees of the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training filed a lawsuit in which they claimed systemic retaliation against whistleblowers by the agency’s leadership Read More