• posted: Aug. 24, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• social distancing

Brianna Flores, a 22-year-old woman from Mississippi, began working at a Maximus call center this spring in a position where she would be giving callers coronavirus guidelines coming directly from Read More

• posted: Aug. 20, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• healthcare organization

A former employee of Ballard Health from Scott County, Virginia filed a lawsuit worth $3 million against the company, alleging the healthcare organization wrongfully terminated her after she blew the Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• wrongful termination,  covid-19,  workplace safety

A Detroit nurse was fired after posting a video on Facebook discussing the working conditions at her place of employment, Sinai Grace hospital. Now she has sued the hospital seeking Read More

• posted: Aug. 13, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• nysna

The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) filed three lawsuits, alleging failures on the part of several healthcare entities to protect nurses in COVID-19 wards. The defendants in the suit Read More

• posted: Aug. 10, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• paycheck protection program,  ppp

A company filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo on behalf of small business owners, alleging the bank took unfair actions against small businesses seeking COVID-19 relief through the Paycheck Protection Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• criminal conduct,  healthcare fraud,  covid-19

Healthcare fraud costs American taxpayers billions of dollars every year. With the widespread coronavirus pandemic, it is expected that much of the fraud in 2020 will be related to the Read More

• posted: Aug. 04, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• whistleblower legislation

Members of the City Council for Long Island City developed new legislation to offer greater protections for whistleblowers who speak out about workplace safety issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Read More

• posted: Jul. 30, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• covid-19,  workplace safety

Meat packing plants across the nation have been in the news throughout the spring for the challenges they’ve faced in staying operational while also keeping their employees safe from the Read More

• posted: May 28, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• secondhand whistleblower reports,  whistleblower reports

There is a tendency in organizations to dismiss secondhand whistleblower reports as little more than hearsay. However, experts say secondary whistleblower reports can actually be extremely valuable for uncovering information Read More

• posted: May 19, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

Dearborn Heights School District No. 7 (D7) was ordered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to pay more than $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower Read More

• posted: May 07, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

An engineer who works for the City of San Diego recently claimed in a letter to the San Diego City Attorney’s Office that supervisors ignored his numerous warnings about fire Read More

• posted: May 04, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

In mid-January, Jay Gould was fired from his position as CEO of Interface Inc., a global manufacturer of flooring materials. Now he has filed a lawsuit against the company for Read More

• posted: Apr. 30, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded a whistleblower more than $277,000 for their assistance in providing the agency with significant information that alerted it to an ongoing Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,  Graft and Corruption,  Uncategorized,  Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation,  Fraud,  Employee Retirement Income Security Act,  Wrongful Termination
• corona virus,  covid,  fired during covid

In her article published April 23, 2020, on nbcdfw.com, Diana Zoga discusses a lawsuit filed in Dallas County in mid-April. The suit was filed by Amy Reggio, a woman who says Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

Samuel Mark Isley serves as the human resources director for Limestone County Schools in Alabama, but was recently played on administrative leave with pay. Isley has now filed a lawsuit Read More

• posted: Apr. 23, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation

Jackson National Life Insurance Company recently reached a $20.5 million settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after claims the company harassed, discriminated against and retaliated against female and Read More