• 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

• posted: Mar. 28, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• do-not-impede rule

2022 saw the government focus on whistleblower actions. From major settlements to expansions of whistleblower law, here are some of the major developments we saw in the previous year: Uber whistleblower: Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• AMLWIA

Congress recently included the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act as part of the omnibus budget, which President Biden has signed into law. This new Act includes measures to expand enforcement Read More

• posted: Mar. 21, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Biogen,  Medi-Cal

Government enforcement agencies spent 2022 investigating claims of healthcare fraud, thanks to whistleblowers. The government recovered billions of dollars from healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies and more. Most of the cases below Read More

• posted: Mar. 16, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• California Public Utilities Commission

A whistleblower case against the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) wrapped up in November 2022. The former, fired CPUC executive director is seeking up to $4.8 million for reporting “fiscal Read More

• posted: Mar. 07, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation

A former Chicken of the Sea employee has filed a complaint in Georgia federal court, alleging that she was fired from her HR position when she questioned misappropriation of ERISA-governed Read More

• posted: Feb. 28, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• CTFC,  recordkeeping failures

Late last year, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission reached a $710 million settlement with 11 major financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and Bank Read More

• posted: Feb. 23, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19
• coronavirus-related misconduct

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a lot of change—and ample opportunities for fraud and misconduct. If you know of coronavirus-related misconduct, consider alerting the government. Not only are there protections Read More

• posted: Feb. 09, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer wrongdoing

The city of Shreveport, Louisiana is facing a whistleblower lawsuit. Former City of Shreveport Controller Ben Hebert filed an action against the city for wrongful termination, claiming it happened because Read More

• posted: Feb. 07, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower awards,  SEC,  denied claim

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a Whistleblower Program, which encourages insiders to provide tips regarding wrongdoing. Qualified whistleblowers may receive anywhere from ten to 30 percent of the Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Anti-Kickback Statute

The former Vice President of Product Management at Modernizing Medicine, Inc., has led to a $45 million settlement for a healthcare kickback scheme. Amanda Long filed a whistleblower action in Read More

• posted: Jan. 26, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower awards,  cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just released their Whistleblower Program report for the 2022 fiscal year. The Whistleblower Program incentivizes whistleblowers to report wrongdoing. The findings reveal that the Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• employer retaliation,  healthcare fraud,  workplace safety

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of nurses and other healthcare professionals in a whole new way. Nurses are on the “front lines” of healthcare, often the first people to Read More

• posted: Jan. 19, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• securities regulations,  self-reporting

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) runs a whistleblower rewards program, which has encouraged over 50,000 tips in the last decade. This has resulted in collecting nearly $5 billion in Read More