• posted: Nov. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $82000 to settle the claim,  citizenship or immigration status,  Discrimination Claim

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with R.E.E. Inc., the owner and operator of several McDonald’s franchises in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The settlement arose Read More

• posted: Oct. 31, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower settlement,  False Claim act,  Medicare Fraud

This summer, Eagleville Hospital, a provider of various substance abuse treatments to Medicare and Medicaid patients, agreed to a $2.85 million settlement with the government in the face of allegations Read More

• posted: Oct. 28, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• insider trading

A former chief compliance officer at National Holdings Corp. has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming she was terminated after 16 years with the brokerage firm because she began Read More

• posted: Oct. 24, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Claim Retaliation Continues,  healthy government,  OAWP

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has made it known that it is working on new policies, training and guidelines to create a better culture for whistleblowers within the organization. Read More

• posted: Oct. 21, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• celebrate the brave employees,  whistleblower report

July 30 was National Whistleblower Day in the United States. It’s a day to celebrate the brave employees who provide information on waste, fraud and wrongdoing in their agencies and Read More

• posted: Oct. 17, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• charitable organization,  dialysis,  kickback scheme,  whistleblower attorn

Aa whistleblower recently submitted a complaint alleging Fresenius and DaVita Kidney Care, along with a charitable organization (American Kidney Fund), conspired in a kickback scheme in which patients were offered Read More

• posted: Oct. 14, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• should not be tolerated,  ultimately resigned

A former law enforcement officer with the Knoxville Police Department in Tennessee claims his department retaliated against him after he filed a complaint about vulgar roll call videos and various Read More

• posted: Oct. 10, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $8.5 million to settle the case,  sold video surveillance

Cisco Systems Inc. recently agreed to a significant settlement after a whistleblower filed a lawsuit claiming the company improperly sold video surveillance software that had known weaknesses to federal and Read More

• posted: Oct. 07, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• consumer protection,  Secret Siri Recordings,  wake word

Owners of iPhones are suddenly reconsidering the way they use the Siri feature thanks to a recent whistleblower report published in the Guardian. According to the report, contractors who were Read More

• posted: Oct. 03, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• $35 million settlement,  claim they were not being paid overtime,  FLSA violations often go unreported

A potential $35 million settlement between Wells Fargo & Co. and a number of current and former employees received preliminary approval by a federal judge. The settlement stems from a case Read More

• posted: Sep. 30, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• evidence of wrongdoing

A former Chief Compliance Officer for National Holdings Corp. claims she was fired after 16 years of working for the brokerage firm after she began investigating allegations of insider trading Read More

• posted: Sep. 26, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• CFTC whistleblower claim,  claims

The whistleblower program of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has recently handed out several awards, continuing a recent trend of awards coming from the commission at a fast pace. The Read More

• posted: Sep. 23, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• filed a whistleblower lawsuit,  homophobic harassment,  LGBT

A former executive for Goldman Sachs alleges he was subjected to homophobic harassment and that anti-gay views from his superiors were the primary reason for his termination. The claimant is William Read More

• posted: Sep. 19, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee who reported fraud,  Whistleblower retaliation is illegal

Maxim Healthcare Service, a federal contractor for healthcare services, is the subject of a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it retaliated against an employee who reported fraud at an immigrant detention facility. According Read More

• posted: Sep. 16, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• award of $3 million,  whistleblowers submitted the tip jointly

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced an award of $3 million to be split between a pair of whistleblowers who provided the federal agency with information that Read More

• posted: Sep. 12, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• FMLA rights must be protected,  given a difficult time by an employer,  the Family and Medical Leave Act

A federal judge ruled a Burger King franchisee in Alabama illegally prevented a former employee from taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The employee in question, LaShondra Read More