We represent victims of reverse discrimination and anti-DEI whistleblowers

• posted: Jun. 09, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act

A whistleblower case in New York alleging false income tax claims was settled for $1.1 million. In the case, real estate developer Asher Roshanzamir was accused of wrongfully deferring income tax Read More

• posted: Jun. 02, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• wrongful termination

A whistleblower has filed a lawsuit against auto manufacturer Volkswagen, claiming he was terminated by the company after attempting to stop it from deleting evidence related to investigations into excess Read More

• posted: May 30, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  fraudulent activity

According to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, a billion-dollar lawsuit against Raytheon Co. will proceed. The defense contractor is accused of fraudulently overbilling the U.S. Read More

• posted: May 26, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• roofer

A roofer from Madison, Maine was awarded more than $400,000 for being the key whistleblower in a recently settled lawsuit over allegations a company regularly cut corners when working on Read More

• posted: May 23, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC award,  securities law violation

In a recent case, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a Winnetka, Illinois man with a $750,000 award for his role in alerting authorities to securities law violations Read More

• posted: May 19, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• kickbacks

A whistleblower will collect $51 million after alerting authorities to a scheme of illegal kickbacks and bribes at Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a medical device company. In total, the company Read More

• posted: May 19, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to hand out large financial awards to whistleblowers under its program created by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Any whistleblower tips that Read More

• posted: May 12, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee reinstated

Federal labor officials have ordered JPMorgan Chase Bank to reinstate an employee who was the victim of wrongful termination after he raised some concerns about the firm’s repeated failure to Read More

• posted: May 09, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• pleading standards

Large employers could expect to see an even greater increase in whistleblower complaints after new guidance from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration relaxes some of the standards for investigators Read More

• posted: Apr. 28, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SOX claim

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a ruling in Hill v. Komatsu America Corp. that involved the dismissal of a Sarbanes-Oxley Act retaliation claim on Read More

• posted: Apr. 21, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• amended complaints,  bid of dismissal

In the face of a bid for a dismissal, a government contractor for the city of Los Angeles is fighting to have his False Claims Act suit worth $1.4 billion Read More

• posted: Apr. 18, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation claim

A New Hampshire federal jury recently hit Walmart with penalties upwards of $31 million for incidents of gender bias and illegal retaliation against a former pharmacist for the company who Read More

• posted: Apr. 14, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• truck safety concerns

A truck driver has received a $45,000 award after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) determined the company that employed him violated a variety of Read More

• posted: Apr. 12, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• CFTC

On April 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) awarded a whistleblower with more than $10 million. This is just the third whistleblower award the CFTC has approved since its Read More

• posted: Apr. 11, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• volunteer witnesses

A former employee of Origin Energy has filed a whistleblower claim against the Australian company, alleging it organized a cover-up of some extremely serious compliance failures at many of its Read More

• posted: Apr. 07, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• website for whistleblowers

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently launched a brand-new website for the agency’s whistleblower program at www.whistleblower.gov. The new website offers a better interface for informing the general public Read More