• posted: Apr. 15, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund,  U.S. Army Contractor

Kylee Lee, a former military intelligence officer, recently filed a lawsuit against her former employer, a U.S. Army contractor, accusing it of whistleblower retaliation in violation of Title VII. Her case Read More

• posted: Apr. 08, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation,  Fraud
• Tax Fraud Qui Tam

On January 13, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. signed into law the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020. It will become effective as soon as the 30-day congressional review Read More

• posted: Mar. 29, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• DME,  Florida,  illegal DME claims,  Indian Rocks Beach,  Kelly Wolfe,  Regency Inc

A woman from Indian Rocks Beach in Florida owes more than $20.3 million in restitution and could face up to 13 years in federal prison for her role in perpetrating Read More

• posted: Mar. 22, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award,  SEC award

On Thursday, January 7, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced three whistleblower awards to five recipients that totaled more than $1.1 million. According to a statement released by the Read More

• posted: Mar. 08, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employment discrimination,  covid-19

A former marketing director who worked for Alaris Health, a health system based in New Jersey, recently filed a lawsuit against the company alleging he was the victim of wrongful Read More

• posted: Mar. 01, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• patient abuse

The Third Court of Appeals of Texas recently upheld a lower court’s decision in favor of a whistleblower, Ethan Vestal, against the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), ordering the Read More

• posted: Feb. 25, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• health care safety,  unsafe conditions

A former safety manager sued MultiCare and The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, alleging MultiCare retaliated against him illegally after he blew the whistles on unsafe and Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Securities Exchange Commission,  whistleblower award,  SEC award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced an award of more than $6 million to be shared by a pair of whistleblowers who provided the agency with information Read More

• posted: Feb. 11, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• financial fraud,  SEC rules violations,  corporate fraud

A new rule interpretation announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission has created concern among whistleblowers, who believe it could weaken incentives for whistleblowers to come forward with information about Read More

• posted: Jan. 28, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employer retaliation,  whistleblower complaint

Trisa Crutcher, an employee of a Fort Worth Police Crime Laboratory, recently filed a whistleblower complaint alleging a variety of violations at the lab that could result in negative impacts Read More

• posted: Jan. 18, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Securities and Exchange Commission,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a pair of new whistleblower awards at the start of November, both going to individuals who assisted the commission with their investigations Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme

Wheeling Hospital in West Virginia recently agreed to pay $50 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower case alleging improper kickbacks and payments to doctors that were directed 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: Nov. 26, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  covid,  covid-19,  workplace safety

Katrina Bryant, a former worker at a construction site for a new Amazon warehouse in Boardman, Oregon, alleges she was the victim of wrongful termination after she raised concerns to Read More