• posted: Feb. 17, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial crime,  whistleblower award,  SEC award

January was a busy month for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the agency, it issued 11 whistleblower awards in the first month of 2022. This year marks the Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Statute of Limitations

On January 10, 2022, the Sixth Circuit ruled the statute of limitations period for False Claims Act whistleblower retaliation cases begins when the whistleblower is first notified of the adverse Read More

• posted: Feb. 12, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme,  medical devices

Arthrex Inc., an orthopedic device company based in Florida, agreed to pay $16 million to settle claims it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) in illegally paying kickbacks to a Read More

• posted: Feb. 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• unsafe working conditons

The United States Department of Labor will investigate allegations that Apple retaliated against an employee who blew the whistle on company wrongdoing. The whistleblower is Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering Read More

• posted: Feb. 08, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• NHTSA,  NHTSA whistleblower program

There is an increasing number of options for whistleblowers to submit information to the federal government and share in recovery money. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently joined Read More

• posted: Feb. 05, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Cattle Fraud

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently released a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) regarding enforcement actions being taken against Easterday Ranches, located in Washington. In December, the government ordered Read More

• posted: Feb. 03, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• franchise,  Racial discrimination,  case settlements

McDonald’s must pay $33.5 million to a black man who owns multiple franchises of the fast food restaurant to settle a lawsuit he filed against the company in which he Read More

• posted: Jan. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination,  emotional distress damages

Judith Zimmerman, a former professor at the University of Utah, won $760,000 in damages in a jury trial after she sued the university claiming whistleblower retaliation. The case was another example Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently announced it reached a settlement with Jae Lee, who formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of the Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL). The terms of the settlement Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC award eligibility

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded a whistleblower more than $2 million for disclosures that resulted in successful enforcement actions by both the SEC and the U.S. Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• fraudulent billing

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a department chair and the university’s physician group. The lawsuit stems from Read More

• posted: Dec. 30, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  SEC,  SEC award

The SEC whistleblower program achieved a significant milestone at the beginning of September when it surpassed a total of $1 billion in awards. The agency announced this first whistleblower award in Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• air quality violation

Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division allegedly issued multiple air quality permits to facilities despite predictive models demonstrating those facilities could violate pollution standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These Read More

• posted: Dec. 23, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Covid-19
• nursing home,  covid-19,  workplace safety

In a September article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, a whistleblower alleges executives of St. Therese of New Hope nursing home instructed staff to ignore protocols related to the COVID-19 Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  False Claim act,  defective equipment

Boston Scientific Corp. was ordered by a judge to pay $68,400 in fees and expenses after being sanctioned for violations in a whistleblower lawsuit surrounding allegedly defective defibrillators. The decision was Read More

• posted: Dec. 16, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• healthcare fraud,  kickbacks,  False Claim act

Healthcare organization Bayada recently agreed to pay $17 million to resolve claims that the organization engaged in a fraudulent kickback scheme. The allegations arose after the firm purchased a pair of Read More