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• posted: Nov. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• confidential data,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

A federal judge in Sacramento recently ruled against the state of California’s push to keep private a whistleblower report about psychiatric care in the state’s prisons. As a result, much Read More

• posted: Nov. 26, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower program,  Dallas attorney

Once enacted, the new Treasury Laws Amendment will extend protections afforded to whistleblowers in the financial, credit and corporate sectors. This legislation will apply to any reports made by whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Nov. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

Blowing the whistle on corporate wrongdoing is a heroic act that takes a lot of guts. While today there are more protections against retaliation and termination afforded to whistleblowers than Read More

• posted: Nov. 19, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower awards,  disclosure of information,  Dallas attorney,  confidential information

Since the establishment of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program in 2011, there have been some occasional questions as to the scope and limitations of the federal agency’s ability to grant awards Read More

• posted: Oct. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• $45 Million Award

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently awarded a group of whistleblowers more than $45 million for helping the agency identify fraudulent activity. Representatives of the CFTC said that this extraordinarily Read More

• posted: Oct. 18, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower lawsuit,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower award,  whistleblower settlement

A now-closed hospital in Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against its insurance provider, alleging a denial of coverage to the facility while the hospital was publicly criticized for alleged illegal Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.1 Million Maritime Whistleblower Award

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) decided to uphold a $1.1 million whistleblower award issued to a ship captain who lost his job after reporting safety violations Read More

• posted: Oct. 04, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Dallas attorney,  SEC whistleblower award,  whistleblower award

The federal government has done an excellent job of incentivizing whistleblowers to come forward with information about securities laws violations in recent years, thanks to the numerous protections it has Read More

• posted: Sep. 06, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  Dallas attorney

A jury in Morristown, New Jersey, recently ruled unanimously that the town’s police chief, Pete Demnitz, removed officer Keith Hudson from his position after he blew the whistle to authorities Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  employee rights,  whistleblower

Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited and several of its subsidiaries recently agreed to pay $20 million to settle False Claims Act violation allegations. The company and its subsidiaries were accused Read More

• posted: Aug. 30, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower,  whistleblower award

A jury in Sonoma County awarded $1.1 million to a whistleblower in a case against the Hanna Boys Center, ruling the whistleblower had been wrongfully terminated for raising his concerns Read More

• posted: Aug. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower protection,  whistleblower

Over the last year and a half, there have been numerous reports about employees of federal agencies not being allowed to use specific words when preparing documents for Congress or Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  whistleblower lawsuit,  whistleblower award

A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner stands accused of encouraging a client to hide information from the Federal Trade Commission revealing that his cybersecurity firm revealed patient data Read More

• posted: Aug. 20, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held a meeting June 12 in Washington, D.C. to get feedback from stakeholders in the trucking and railroad industries about whistleblower laws Read More

• posted: Aug. 16, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower,  Dallas attorney,  cybersecurity

Recent guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as cases involving the agency and a Supreme Court ruling on whistleblower protections, have shown just how seriously Read More

• posted: Aug. 13, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower,  discrimination in the workplace

Mark Johnson, a former HSBC Holdings, PLC trader, recently became the first person to be convicted in an international investigation into currency rigging. In late April, a U.S. District Judge Read More