• posted: May 13, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.5 million verdict to a former employee,  alleged he was fired,  Whistleblowers protected from retaliation

A jury in Los Angeles issued a $1.5 million verdict to a former employee who alleged his company retaliated against him for reporting misconduct that violated the False Claims Act Read More

• posted: May 09, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Serious issues at play,  whistleblower hotline reward

A recent college admissions scandal has been all over national news recently, leading to the indictment of more than 50 people nationwide — including some celebrities. In the wake of Read More

• posted: May 06, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $312 Million in Whistleblower Awards,  experienced attorney,  nearly a tenfold increase

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a report in February providing an overview of its whistleblower program in what was a record-breaking year. Whistleblowers provided information during 2018 that aided Read More

• posted: May 02, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• contradictory time windows,  knowledgeable attorney,  Time Limit Case

Parsons Corp, a government contractor, is alleged to have increased its wealth by tricking a legally blind official. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to side against the contractor Read More

• posted: Apr. 29, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• attempted to report the contamination

The Government Accountability Project (GAP) recently filed a lawsuit against Kraft-Heinz Foods on behalf of Dr. David Glover, a former sanitation manager at the company’s poultry processing facility in Newberry, Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• deferred prosecution agreement,  Department of Justice,  DPA

Businesses that secure a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) from the Department of Justice should be highly motivated to honor the agreement’s terms and avoid any hint of further violations. However, Read More

• posted: Apr. 25, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employees use their fingerprints,  storing employee fingerprints

The Hooters chain of restaurants recently was in court recently to respond to a lawsuit alleging it violated an Illinois privacy law when it reportedly began collecting and storing employee Read More

• posted: Apr. 22, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• graft and corruption,  histleblowers must be assertive,  mishandling a tip he sent,  perienced attorney

The economy has come a long way since the financial crisis of the late 2000s. However, the fallout for the big banks and discussions of how the federal government should Read More

• posted: Apr. 15, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• allegations of improper billing,  billed federal healthcare programs,  You can start a False Claims Act case

National pharmacy chain Walgreens recently settled a pair of False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits with the federal government for a total of $269 million. The claims involved allegations of improper Read More

• posted: Apr. 11, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• after it settled charges,  Steps to take to combat fraud,  U.S. Department of Justice for lack of complianc

Eagle Home Mortgage, a subsidiary of Lennar, is the defendant in a new whistleblower lawsuit that alleges the lender routinely approved unqualified borrowers for mortgages, going so far as to Read More

• posted: Apr. 08, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Ponzi scheme,  red flags,  Reporting the scheme

It is hard to believe, but we have now passed the 10-year anniversary of the federal government bringing down Bernie Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. This scheme did ultimately do some Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• kickbacks,  Medicaid Fraud,  False Claim act

The U.S. federal government announced it would join a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a West Virginia hospital. The suit includes allegations the hospital improperly submitted payments and kickbacks to physicians Read More

• posted: Apr. 01, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• tax fraud,  False Claim act

Sprint, the fourth-most popular mobile phone carrier in the United States, recently agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit to the tune of $330 million. The whistleblower in the case alleged the Read More

• posted: Mar. 28, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Inaccurate paperwork at issue,  sufficient evidence

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinstated a whistleblower claim filed by a former employee of United Airlines who claims he was fired after repeatedly issuing complaints about the Read More

• posted: Mar. 25, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Medicare Fraud Allegations,  points to fraudulent incidents

A former auditor for Lee Health alleges in a federal whistleblower lawsuit that the Florida hospital system routinely defrauded Medicaid and Medicare by inflating doctor’s bills to drive more referrals Read More

• posted: Mar. 21, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Healthy Company Culture

The Harvard Business Review recently published research about whistleblowers in the United States. It led to the conclusion that whistleblowers, while they may often herald corporate disaster, are actually indicative Read More