• posted: Feb. 13, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $8 million in Medicare for services,  fraudulent schemes,  lawsuit charges the defendants

Independent Health and one of its subsidiary companies, DxID, were recently sued in a federal whistleblower case. The plaintiff, Tera Ross, is a former medical billing manager at Group health Read More

• posted: Feb. 10, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• $1 million in lost wages and punitive damages,  $500000 punitive damage

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently awarded a pair of employees just over $1 million in lost wages and punitive damages. The Read More

• posted: Feb. 06, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• corporate whistleblowing process,  protection and comfort

One aspect of our work with whistleblowers from corporate environments is not just assisting them through the whistleblowing process, but also ensuring the protection and comfort of whistleblowers throughout the Read More

• posted: Feb. 03, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• 2008 financial crisis,  Federal Reserve Banks (FRBs),  pattern of fraud

The Second Circuit recently revived a False Claims Act case that arose out of the 2008 financial crisis. The case, United States ex rel. Kraus v. Wells Fargo & Co., two Read More

• posted: Jan. 30, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,  Whistleblower Litigation
• $14.5 million,  counterparty,  swap dealer business conduct standards

The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently ordered Wells Fargo Bank to pay $14.5 million as a result of multiple violations of swap dealer business conduct standards. According to the Read More

• posted: Jan. 27, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• $13 Million Settlement

Massachusetts General Hospital recently agreed to settle a wrongful termination suit filed by a former orthopedic surgeon for $13 million. According to reports from the Boston Globe and statements from the Read More

• posted: Jan. 23, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• aerospace company,  defective equipment,  whistleblower attorne

A federal court recently denied a motion by Pratt & Whitney to dismiss a whistleblower claim against the aerospace company. In the lawsuit, the whistleblower alleges the company regularly falsified Read More

• posted: Jan. 20, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Workplace Investigations

The #MeToo movement shined a much-needed light on issues involving sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. In this time of greater sensitivity to these issues, it is important that Read More

• posted: Jan. 16, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1 Million in Whistleblower Action,  dead-end reassignment

A jury in Colorado recently awarded a former engineer at Raytheon $43,000 in back pay plus $1 million in damages in a Defense Contractor Whistleblower Protection Act (DCWPA) case. The whistleblower, Read More

• posted: Jan. 13, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• conscience protection laws,  participate in an elective abortion

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently accused the University of Vermont Medical Center of violating federal law by forcing a nurse to Read More

• posted: Jan. 09, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower law attorney

A trio of former executives of Outcome Health were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of engaging in a fraudulent scheme to raise about $500 million for the Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),  Division of Enforcement,  whistleblower attorneys

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently released its Division of Enforcement’s annual report for fiscal year 2019. This, the second annual report, overviews the prosecution efforts the Read More

• posted: Jan. 02, 2020
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $15 million to resolve a lawsuit,  12 sales representatives,  violation of federal law

Mallinckrodt, a pharmaceutical company, recently agreed to pay more than $15 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (its former name) paid illegal kickbacks to doctors in the Read More

• posted: Dec. 31, 2019
• Uncategorized

A False Claims Act case alleging PharMerica Corp. defrauded Medicare and Medaid by billing for prescriptions that had illegally altered dosages will continue, thanks to a recent ruling by a Read More

• posted: Dec. 30, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• whistleblower,  wrongful termination,  experienced attorney

According to a recent lawsuit filed by an ex-employee of the Grand Prairie ISD, former superintendent Susan Simpson Hull fired that employee after they told an investigator about financial wrongdoing Read More

• posted: Dec. 26, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• bullied,  emotional distress,  intimidated and defamed by administrators,  negligent leadership,  stalked

Melanie Lemon, a former teacher for Williamson County Schools in Tennessee, was granted a partial appeal by the state’s Court of Appeals regarding a lawsuit that had been previously dismissed Read More