• posted: Jun. 29, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• FLSA,  overtime claims,  unpaid wages

Trilogy Health Services LLC has been sued for failing to pay nurses and caregivers overtime wages for time spent working over meal breaks. A former nurse claims that the company Read More

• posted: Jun. 22, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• evidence of wrongdoing,  money laundering,  whistleblower risks

A new law regarding whistleblowers could mean new risks for employers. The Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act was passed last year as part of Congress’s omnibus spending bill. The Act Read More

• posted: Jun. 08, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• co-creation sessions,  NLRB,  notice of workers' rights

The National Labor Relations Board has accused Starbucks of violating federal labor law during “co-creation sessions,” which solicited employee grievances and promised improved benefits to workers. These sessions sometimes included Read More

• posted: May 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial fraud,  employer retaliation,  employment discrimination

A former vice president of finance at Transdigm, a Washington aerospace supplier, has accused the company of retaliatory termination after she reported financial fraud. The discrimination suit alleged that Transdigm Read More

• posted: May 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employer retaliation,  FMLA,  retaliation claim

A table games dealer has sued Harrah’s Casino and parent company Caesar’s Entertainment for retaliating against him for reporting an incident to human resources and requesting FMLA leave. William Peterson Read More

• posted: May 16, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• hostile environment,  New Jersey Concientious Employee Protection Act

A former New Jersey executive assistant prosecutor has settled a wrongful termination claim after he exposed illegal behavior by an addiction recovery expert the counter prosecutor worked with. Michel A. Read More

• posted: May 11, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• federal employment law,  settlement agreement

The fitness company Equinox has settled an age bias claim with a former employee in late October 2022. The plaintiff, a 51-year-old former front desk employee, accused Equinox of firing Read More

• posted: May 09, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• Americans with Disabilities Act,  ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request,  eeoc

A McDonald’s franchisee, who fired an autistic employee of 37 years, recently settled an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit for $100,000. The franchisee, who owns and operates “numerous” McDonald’s restaurants Read More

• posted: May 04, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Black History Month,  whistleblower history,  Women's History Month

February was Black History Month, and March is Women’s History Month: it’s the perfect opportunity to look back at two famous Black women whistleblowers and their pursuit of justice. In Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• bait-and-switch payment scheme,  temporary staffing

Three nurses have accused two Colorado travel nurse staffing companies of implementing a bait-and-switch payment scheme. They have accused the firms of making false pay offers, then cut the promised Read More

• posted: Apr. 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• medicaid billing

False Claims Act litigation may have significant impact this year, as the Supreme Court decides which cases to hear. The Supreme Court has already accepted one False Claims Act case, Read More

• posted: Apr. 20, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch will settle a worker’s retaliation lawsuit in which an employee alleged she was removed from her union steward duties after she filed for workers’ compensation and complained about discrimination. Read More

• posted: Apr. 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Dodd-Frank Act,  SEC,  SEC award

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded over $37 million to a whistleblower who came forward with information leading to a successful SEC enforcement action, and a related action. The SEC’s Office Read More

• posted: Apr. 13, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Goldman Sachs

A sex discrimination case against Goldman Sachs, which is now 13 years old, is finally scheduled to go before a jury in June 2023. The class action represents more than Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• affirmative action,  diversity initiatives

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on two high-profile affirmative action cases in higher education. Experts suggest that this could affect how employers handle their diversity initiatives. Cases before the Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• federal financial fraud

2022 was a big year for federal financial fraud whistleblower actions. Some of the country’s biggest financial institutions were targeted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Justice Read More