• posted: Feb. 08, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• discrimination,  harassment,  overqualified

Exact Sciences Corporation, a Wisconsin-based molecular diagnostics company, has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The settlement involves Exact Sciences Read More

• posted: Feb. 06, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• violations,  Kaiser Foundation,  NICU

A former nurse, Maria Gatchalian, was awarded $41.49 million by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury for her claims against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. Gatchalian Read More

• posted: Feb. 01, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower attorney,  Anti-Money Laundering Act

Assessing a whistleblower's job duties is critical for determining eligibility for rewards. By checking early on how a whistleblower's job might affect their chances of getting a reward and protection, Read More

• posted: Jan. 30, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Dodd-Frank Act,  CFTC,  crypto/digital assets

The recently released 2023 Annual Report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) shows that the CFTC's Whistleblower Office recorded an unprecedented 1,530 tips during this period. The received tips highlighted Read More

• posted: Jan. 23, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower protection,  corporate wrongdoing,  reporting fraud

Whistleblowers play a critical role in exposing corruption and illegal activities. Despite the risks to their personal and professional lives, individuals with information about corporate wrongdoing regularly step forward to Read More

• posted: Jan. 18, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Tesla,  racial harassment,  EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, accusing the company of tolerating racial harassment and retaliating against workers who complained. The Read More

• posted: Jan. 16, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  medicare fraud,  qui tam actions

Genomic Health, Inc. (GHI) has agreed to a $32.5 million settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in a nationwide scheme to improperly bill Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  sex bias,  sexism,  sex-based discrimination

A former executive at Raymond James and Associates has filed a sex bias lawsuit against the financial services company in Florida federal court. Joena Bartolini Mitchell alleges that she was terminated Read More

• posted: Jan. 09, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• cybersecurity vulnerabilities,  SolarWinds,  deceptive practices

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lodged a formal complaint against SolarWinds Corporation, as well as its Chief Information Security Officer, citing allegations of fraud and internal control lapses Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• worker misclassification,  wage and hour law,  unpaid overtime

In a recent development, a home health care service, FinePoints Private Duty Healthcare LLC, and its owner, Cynthia Keller-Bee, are facing allegations of misclassifying their aides as independent contractors to Read More

• posted: Jan. 02, 2024
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• ADEA,  workplace discrimination,  age discrimination

61-year-old securities sales executive Kevin Campbell has taken a stand against alleged age discrimination, filing a lawsuit against Massachusetts-based Easterly Capital LLC in a Colorado federal court. Campbell's lawsuit asserts that Read More

• posted: Dec. 28, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial fraud,  securities fraud,  pump and dump scheme

The internet has facilitated the proliferation of pump and dump schemes, with social media platforms like Telegram and Discord becoming conduits for hype. While discussing a stock positively on social Read More

• posted: Dec. 27, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• wrongful termination claim,  comingling of funds,  financial mismanagement

In recent legal developments, Christopher T. Olivia, the former CEO of Rothman Orthopaedics, has initiated a lawsuit against the medical group, claiming his termination was a result of whistleblowing about Read More

• posted: Dec. 26, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• CFTC,  CFTC Whistleblower Program,  Dodd-Frank

On October 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) shared that they awarded $18 million to a whistleblower. The award was given through the CFTC Whistleblower Program, established by the Dodd-Frank Read More

• posted: Dec. 21, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower protection,  SEC,  employee agreements

Three recent enforcement actions from the SEC underscore the importance of companies reviewing their employee agreements, especially in relation to whistleblower protection. All three cases targeted both private and public companies Read More

• posted: Dec. 19, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Medicaid Fraud,  Medicare Fraud,  Healthcare Fraud,  Whistleblower Retaliation,  Employer Retaliation

A neurologist filed an amended complaint in a Pennsylvania federal court, accusing Jefferson Healthcare System Inc. and Beebe Healthcare in Delaware of retaliating against him for reporting an alleged scheme Read More