We represent victims of reverse discrimination and anti-DEI whistleblowers

• posted: Aug. 29, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• non-disclosure agreements,  FTC,  FTC Investigations

In June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition issued a warning against enforcing any contract terms that can hinder its agency investigations. Certain contract terms like non-disclosure Read More

• posted: Aug. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• eeoc,  hiring discrimination,  gender discrimination,  title VII protections

A Mississippi trucking company has settled a claim with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for refusing to hire female applicants since 1986. The company will pay $490,000 and Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• medicare fraud,  CRH Healthcare,  Peachtree Immediate Care FP,  Covid-19 Fraud

Two healthcare companies, CRH Healthcare, LLC and Peachtree Immediate Care FP, LLC, have agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle accusations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. In turn, multiple Read More

• posted: Aug. 15, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• qui tam,  kickbacks,  kickback scheme,  kickback claims,  qui tam claims

Vanguard Health Systems (doing business as The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC)) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation has recently settled a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit for $29.7 million. The government Read More

• posted: Aug. 10, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower suit,  wrongdoing at your job

Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC and owner Gregory Balotin have settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for at least $7.4 million. The Justice Department alleged that the pharmacies “violated the Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• kickbacks,  kickback suit,  nursing facility

Alta Vista Healthcare and Wellness Center, LLC and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services, have settled a kickback suit for $3.825 million. Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• OSHA,  Back Wages,  Furloughed

Fired Whistleblowers to Receive $15,000 in Back Wages A Texas dental practice has been ordered to pay a combined $15,706 in back pay to two former employees. The workers claimed they Read More

• posted: Jul. 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  qui tam,  FCA Violations

Devyn Taylor, who alleged that Samsung C&T America committed False Claims Act violations, is set to receive $210,000 for blowing the whistle. The settlement was approved in early February 2023 Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• OSHA,  Sherman Antitrust Act,  CAARA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a new rule to enhance antitrust whistleblower protections. Under the new rule, employees and contractors are protected from retaliation when they Read More

• posted: Jul. 13, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  SEC Enforcement Action,  Separation Agreements

In February 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an enforcement action against Activision Blizzard Inc., a publicly traded video game company. The SEC accused Activision of failing to maintain Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  Retaliation Claim,  Barclays

A former Barclays vice president has asked the Second Circuit to overturn a ruling in favor of Barclays, claiming he was shut out of meetings and fired after sounding an Read More

• posted: Jul. 06, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Kickback,  FCA Suit

The United States Department of Justice asked a federal judge in Minnesota to order an ophthalmology distributor to pay around $490 million in damages after a False Claims Act kickback Read More

• posted: Jul. 04, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• wage fixing,  Sherman Antitrust Act,  Antitrust

A healthcare staffing executive was indicted in March by a federal grand jury, for claims he conspired with others to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses. The United States Read More

• 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