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• posted: Jun. 13, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Course of action,  protect American whistleblowers

A Government Accountability Office report issued May 7 contains some recommendations on the steps Congress could take to better protect American whistleblowers from retaliation. According to the document, federal whistleblowers frequently Read More

• posted: Jun. 10, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $2.8 billion in recoveries,  $301 million from settlements,  experienced lawyer

A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court means whistleblowers will have an additional four years to file False Claims Act lawsuits in the healthcare and various other industries. The ruling, Read More

• posted: Jun. 06, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Additional Whistleblower Protections,  catch up North Carolina,  New law could get tested very quickly

The North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a bill that would protect whistleblowers in the state from retaliation. That bill, Senate Bill 127, now goes to the state House of Representatives Read More

• posted: Jun. 03, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.5 Million in Retaliation Lawsuit,  Courts take whistleblower retaliation seriously,  Novartis Whistleblower,  ruling in her favor

Four years ago, Min Amy Guo, a former executive with drug company Novartis, filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging wrongful termination after she raised concerns that a drug study Read More

• posted: May 27, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• firing was a result of her complaints,  form of retaliation,  retaliation for alerting higher-ups,  skilled whistleblower lawyer

Bridget Bryden, a former dispatcher for the Santa Barbara Police Department, recently filed a lawsuit against the department, claiming she was fired in 2016 as retaliation for alerting higher-ups in Read More

• posted: May 23, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• failed to obtain or even require accurate,  Man claims wrongful termination,  Rapid Transportation Mishandled

In a recently filed a lawsuit in California, Jeff Werner, a former change control claims manager with the engineering company Stantec, alleges he was wrongfully terminated after discovering and reporting Read More

• posted: May 20, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.05 Million in Damages,  emotional distress damages

A jury in Colorado recently awarded Brandon Fresquez $1.05 million in damages for his whistleblower retaliation claim filed against BNSF Railway Company. The award includes $800,000 in emotional distress damages Read More

• posted: May 16, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• How the incentive payments work,  unsealed by federal court,  whistleblowers claim

Two whistleblowers claim Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tennessee, submitted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of false claims to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Read More

• posted: May 13, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.5 million verdict to a former employee,  alleged he was fired,  Whistleblowers protected from retaliation

A jury in Los Angeles issued a $1.5 million verdict to a former employee who alleged his company retaliated against him for reporting misconduct that violated the False Claims Act Read More

• posted: May 09, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Serious issues at play,  whistleblower hotline reward

A recent college admissions scandal has been all over national news recently, leading to the indictment of more than 50 people nationwide — including some celebrities. In the wake of Read More

• posted: May 06, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $312 Million in Whistleblower Awards,  experienced attorney,  nearly a tenfold increase

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a report in February providing an overview of its whistleblower program in what was a record-breaking year. Whistleblowers provided information during 2018 that aided Read More

• posted: May 02, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• contradictory time windows,  knowledgeable attorney,  Time Limit Case

Parsons Corp, a government contractor, is alleged to have increased its wealth by tricking a legally blind official. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to side against the contractor Read More

• posted: Apr. 29, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• attempted to report the contamination

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) recently filed a lawsuit against Kraft-Heinz Foods on behalf of Dr. David Glover, a former sanitation manager at the company’s poultry processing facility in Newberry, Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• deferred prosecution agreement,  Department of Justice,  DPA

Businesses that secure a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) from the Department of Justice should be highly motivated to honor the agreement’s terms and avoid any hint of further violations. However, Read More

• posted: Apr. 25, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employees use their fingerprints,  storing employee fingerprints

The Hooters chain of restaurants recently was in court recently to respond to a lawsuit alleging it violated an Illinois privacy law when it reportedly began collecting and storing employee Read More

• posted: Apr. 22, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• graft and corruption,  histleblowers must be assertive,  mishandling a tip he sent,  perienced attorney

The economy has come a long way since the financial crisis of the late 2000s. However, the fallout for the big banks and discussions of how the federal government should Read More