• posted: Jun. 02, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently ordered Pegasus Elite Aviation, a private aviation company, to pay an employee back wages and other costs Read More

• posted: May 31, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• documentation

Recent years have seen a significant rise in whistleblower reports being made to agencies like the SEC and CFTC. For these cases to be successful (many of which have), it Read More

• posted: May 26, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• accounting fraud,  cooking the books,  fake contracts

Whistleblowers often are workers at companies who become aware of their company’s inappropriate or fraudulent practices. They might attempt to report their concerns internally only to be rebuffed and be Read More

• posted: May 24, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower awards,  #metoo movement,  whistleblower reports

Best Lawyers recently had a thoughtful article in its “All Rise” newsletter in which they tied a seeming increase in whistleblower reports (specifically SEC whistleblower reports) to the #MeToo movement Read More

• posted: May 24, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  SEC award,  $3 Million Whistleblower Award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued three separate whistleblower awards totaling approximately $3 million. According to the commission, each of these awards featured whistleblowers who voluntarily provided Read More

• posted: May 19, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower award,  CFTC,  CFTC Whistleblower Program

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently announced an award of approximately $10 million to a whistleblower who provided unique information that prompted the opening of a CFTC investigation. The Read More

• posted: May 17, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Mallinckrodt,  misreporting

The federal government, in conjunction with individual states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, recently settled a False Claims Act lawsuit against Mallinckrodt PLC, a pharmaceuticals company. The lawsuit alleged Read More

• posted: May 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  kickbacks,  kickback scheme

Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson, an orthopedic surgeon based in Oklahoma, will pay the federal government nearly $343,000 to resolve allegations of False Claims Act violations. According to the Department of Justice, Read More

• posted: May 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a $3.8 million settlement with Catholic Medical Center (CMC) to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free call Read More

• posted: May 05, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  Medicare Fraud,  kickback scheme

Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS), one of the nation’s largest oncology specialists, will pay the federal government $8 million to resolve Medicare fraud claims involving what a judge called a “sophisticated Read More

• posted: May 03, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• qui tam cases

The federal whistleblower programs at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have been the subject of quite a bit of praise for their Read More

• posted: Apr. 28, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Bureau of Prisons,  Federal Prisons,  prison abuse

The federal Bureau of Prisons is under fire for a new set of scandals, including allegations staff and a warden routinely sexually abused inmates at a women’s prison. Now, whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Apr. 26, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Louisiana State Trooper,  Wrongful Termination Suit

Former Louisiana State Trooper Carl Cavalier formally appealed his termination from the department, a day after the State Police fired him in what he says was an act of wrongful Read More

• posted: Apr. 21, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• preparing to be a whistleblower,  whistleblower legal process,  whistleblowing drawbacks

There are quite a few potential incentives and advantages associated with becoming a whistleblower, not the least of which is the potential to earn some significant financial compensation. But as Read More

• posted: Apr. 19, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower incentives

If you become aware of wrongdoing within your company or organization it can be an understandably difficult or uncomfortable decision to blow the whistle. But if you do decide to become Read More

• posted: Apr. 14, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• improperly obtained government contracts,  small business fraud

TriMark USA, LLC recently agreed to a $48.5 million settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit, the largest single amount ever recorded in a False Claims Act case involving small business fraud. Read More