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• posted: Mar. 02, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• public companies

A recent report from the New York University Pollack Center for Law & Business and Cornerstone Research reveals enforcement actions on the part of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Read More

• posted: Feb. 23, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower award

In the latest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower award, an unidentified insider received $900,000 for his or her role in uncovering corporate or agency wrongdoing. According to the Read More

• posted: Feb. 20, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Miller v Department of Justice

The recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision in Miller v. Department of Justice offered some clarification as to the standard for how to determine if an Read More

• posted: Feb. 16, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced one of its latest whistleblower awards, worth more than $900,000. In this case, a whistleblower’s tip helped the SEC bring multiple Read More

• posted: Feb. 13, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  health care professionals

Two doctors will split a $2.7 million award after winning a False Claims Act lawsuit in which they claimed another physician at a nonprofit hospital in Florida was performing unnecessary Read More

• posted: Feb. 09, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• rise in whistleblower activity

On November 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its yearly report on the Office of the Whistleblower, created through the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Under the program, Read More

• posted: Feb. 06, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• GAP whistleblower,  VA disclosure

Brandon Coleman, a Government Accountability Project (GAP) client who made national news when he exposed illicit practices at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, has been recognized for his role Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• health care professionals,  physician whistleblowers

The Corporate Whistleblower Center, an advocacy group that aims to protect whistleblowers against retaliation, is encouraging more professionals within the health care industry to come forward when they discover wrongdoing Read More

• posted: Jan. 30, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• filing SEC whistleblower claim

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has handed out one of its largest awards under its whistleblower program, worth $3.5 million. The recipient was the 36th whistleblower to receive Read More

• posted: Jan. 23, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower award

On Monday, December 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provided a whistleblower with an award worth approximately $3.5 million for providing unique, specific information that led to a Read More

• posted: Jan. 16, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program

For the past five years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has run a program that offers monetary awards to any individuals who can provide useful information regarding a Read More

• posted: Jan. 12, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.9M award,  Community Health Systems

A former executive at a Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS)-owned multispecialty clinic based in Washington state recently won a $1.9 million award after filing a whistleblower lawsuit against CHS and Read More

• posted: Jan. 09, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• denied claim,  missed deadline in whistleblower case

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued an award resolving the claims of a pair of whistleblowers based on the same action filed against the same entities. However, Read More

• posted: Jan. 05, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• expedited case processing

The Western Region of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched its Expedited Case Processing Pilot, which allows whistleblowers to request OSHA to expedite its findings during an Read More

• posted: Jan. 02, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• ethics violations

A hospital executive in charge of a large redevelopment project in Ontario, Canada, is accused of several ethics violations, according to a report in The Globe and Mail. Suman Bahl, a Read More

• posted: Dec. 29, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC sanctions

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has levied a $265,000 sanction against the Atlanta-based BlueLinx Holdings. According to reports, the company settled with the SEC for the amount in Read More