• posted: Nov. 26, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Whistleblower Protection Act,  whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower program,  Dallas attorney

Once enacted, the new Treasury Laws Amendment will extend protections afforded to whistleblowers in the financial, credit and corporate sectors. This legislation will apply to any reports made by whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Nov. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower protections,  whistleblowers,  whistleblower cases,  Dallas attorney

Blowing the whistle on corporate wrongdoing is a heroic act that takes a lot of guts. While today there are more protections against retaliation and termination afforded to whistleblowers than Read More

• posted: Nov. 19, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower awards,  disclosure of information,  Dallas attorney,  confidential information

Since the establishment of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program in 2011, there have been some occasional questions as to the scope and limitations of the federal agency’s ability to grant awards Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• False Claims Act,  fraud,  settlement,  Dallas attorney,  kickbacks

Reliant Rehabilitation Holds, Inc., a national rehabilitative care provider based in Plano, Texas, will pay $6.1 million to the federal government to settle claims it paid kickbacks to its skilled Read More

• posted: Nov. 12, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• confidential data,  fraud,  Dallas attorney,  leaks

Global online retailer Amazon has announced that it has started an investigation into reported internal leaks of private information by employees as part of bribes to take down fake reviews Read More

• posted: Nov. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• financial fraud,  fraud,  fraud settlement,  Dallas attorney

U.S. District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein ordered PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. more than $625 million for negligence in an audit of Colonial BancGroup, Inc., a Read More

• posted: Nov. 05, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• fraud,  fraud settlement,  false claims,  Dallas attorney

FWC Urogynecology, a urogynecology network based in Florida, recently settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for $1.7 million. In the suit, FWC was alleged to have billed the government for Read More

• posted: Nov. 01, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• SEC fines

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently fined Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. $2.8 million for failing to report a series of suspicious transactions by independent investment advisors it Read More

• posted: Oct. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• $45 Million Award

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently awarded a group of whistleblowers more than $45 million for helping the agency identify fraudulent activity. Representatives of the CFTC said that this extraordinarily Read More

• posted: Oct. 25, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• whistleblowers,  fraud,  Dallas attorney

Endo Pharmaceuticals recently settled a lawsuit with the state of Texas to the tune of $13.5 million, resolving allegations that the company engaged in illegal marketing practices for its drug Read More

• posted: Oct. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• fraud,  fraud settlement,  Dallas attorney

William Beaumont Hospital, a hospital based in the Detroit area, agreed to pay $84.5 million to settle claims under the False Claims Act. The hospital was accused of having improper Read More

• posted: Oct. 18, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower lawsuit,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower award,  whistleblower settlement

A now-closed hospital in Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against its insurance provider, alleging a denial of coverage to the facility while the hospital was publicly criticized for alleged illegal Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.1 Million Maritime Whistleblower Award

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) decided to uphold a $1.1 million whistleblower award issued to a ship captain who lost his job after reporting safety violations Read More

• posted: Oct. 11, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employer violation

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that Harley-Davidson Motor Co. should have allowed the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to engage in bargaining negotiations before the company offered Read More

• posted: Oct. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  Dallas attorney,  workplace harassment

The age of #MeToo has shed light on just how important it is for businesses and organizations to plan out robust harassment reporting and investigation policies and to be proactive Read More

• posted: Oct. 04, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Dallas attorney,  SEC whistleblower award,  whistleblower award

The federal government has done an excellent job of incentivizing whistleblowers to come forward with information about securities laws violations in recent years, thanks to the numerous protections it has Read More