• posted: Sep. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Cartwright Act,  illegal tactics,  price fixing scheme

Uber and Lyft drivers have alleged the two companies are embroiled in a price-fixing scheme, causing drivers to earn less money for their work than they might have otherwise. Three Read More

• posted: Sep. 06, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• high profile whistleblowers

Technology was a historically male-dominated industry—but over the past decade, high profile, big tech whistleblowers have been disproportionately female. When compared to the percentage of women in the tech workforce, Read More

• posted: Aug. 25, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• NRC,  Nuclear Regulatory Commission,  nuclear safety issues,  Tennessee Valley Authority

Three former members of the Tennessee Valley Authority were removed from their positions after they alerted federal officials about safety concerns and violations. Now, they are suing the utility company Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• construction fraud,  GSA,  subcontracting fraud

Hensel Phelps, a general contractor and construction company, recently settled allegations of subcontracting fraud for $2.8 million The misconduct was revealed by Fox Unlimited Enterprises, which acted as a whistleblower in Read More

• posted: Aug. 18, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower awards,  SEC,  Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed some changes to its whistleblower program that could potentially affect compensation received by whistleblowers through the program. Under the current rules, whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Aug. 16, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• school administrators

The former administrator of Boston Public Schools who was in charge of English learning claims she was pushed to resign from her position because she was threatened by the district Read More

• posted: Aug. 04, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• resignation letter

Sg. David “Kawika” Hallums of the Honolulu Police Department said he was removed almost immediately after being sworn in as the vice president of the State of Hawaii Organization of Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Medicare Fraud,  Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced two settlements of qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act, which allows private individuals to file lawsuits on behalf of the government Read More

• posted: Jul. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower award,  anti-retaliation

The Whistleblower Program of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been a significant success since its implementation in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, but there have been some Read More

• posted: Jul. 14, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  SEC whistleblower award,  SEC award

On April 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued whistleblower awards to two groups of recipients comprising five total whistleblowers. According to the SEC, both of these group sof Read More

• posted: Jul. 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• market manipulation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) on May 18 for action taken against Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelez Global LLC. The Read More

• posted: Jun. 30, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• FCC,  federal assistance programs

TracFone Wireless Inc., a Miami-based telecommunications carrier, will pay $13.4 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations. The case was originally brought by a whistleblower, Farrell Gordon, who will Read More

• posted: Jun. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• wrongful termination lawsuit,  whistleblower claim,  retaliation claim

A former firefighter from Montebello, California recently filed a federal whistleblower wrongful termination suit worth more than $5 million. That firefighter, Vernon Creswell, already won a $2.6 million payout from the Read More

• posted: Jun. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• SEC award,  SEC whistleblower awards,  securities fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a $14 million award to a whistleblower who published an online report that exposed ongoing fraud. That whistleblower shared the same information Read More

• posted: Jun. 16, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  kickbacks,  health care fraud

A recent lawsuit against a Georgia surgical company and the physician who owns it resulted in a $3 million lawsuit. The False Claims Act case was filed against Dr. Jeffrey Gallups Read More

• posted: Jun. 14, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act,  CPSIA

Are you aware of fraudulent activity within a consumer products company, or an inherent danger of a product the company is trying to conceal? It is important to know your Read More