• 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

• posted: Mar. 18, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $5.9 million to settle,  experienced whistleblower lawyer

SouthernCare Inc., a subsidiary of Curo Health Services, recently agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle a federal whistleblower lawsuit alleging the company submitted unnecessary or insufficiently documented Medicare claims. SouthernCare Read More

• posted: Mar. 14, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• illegal compensation program,  lawsuit became public,  whistleblower lawyer

The U.S. federal government announced it will join a lawsuit against a hospital in West Virginia. The lawsuit alleges the hospital improperly issued payments and kickbacks to doctors under the Read More

• posted: Mar. 11, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• $330 Million to Settle,  committing tax fraud,  Tax Fraud Case

Telecommunications giant Sprint recently agreed to settle a long-running whistleblower lawsuit regarding incidents of tax fraud to the tune of $330 million. The lawsuit alleged Sprint had been committing tax Read More

• posted: Mar. 07, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• skilled whistleblower attorney,  wrongfully suspended

A pair of surgeons from Omaha filed a lawsuit against the city’s Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, claiming they were wrongfully suspended and then forced to resign certain privileges after Read More

• posted: Mar. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• claiming whistleblower retaliation,  experienced whistleblower attorney,  Home Depot Whistleblower

A 65-year-old former employee of Home Depot has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that he was punished for acting as a whistleblower in helping reveal the company’s illegal Read More

• posted: Feb. 28, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• chemicals and other threats,  TSA Whistleblower,  whistleblower disclosures

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was ordered in late December to reexamine the precautions being taken against the potential for attacks on airplanes using chemicals and other threats after Read More

• posted: Feb. 25, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• $14.5 Million to Settle,  fraudulent practices,  trusted whistleblower attorney

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Finance of America Mortgage, LLC, has agreed to pay the federal government $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving mortgage fraud brought Read More

• posted: Feb. 21, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Apple Visa Scam Case,  brought forth new evidence,  skirted visa process

A whistleblower who filed a lawsuit against Apple and Infosys on behalf of the federal government brought forth additional evidence supporting his claim that the companies conspired to bypass federal Read More

• posted: Feb. 18, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• market volatility,  reward program

Employees and managers of publicly traded companies could recover significant amounts of money if they have proof that executives are purposefully withholding negative or damaging information from shareholders to protect Read More

• posted: Feb. 14, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• introducing adulterated food,  misbranded pet food,  pet food fraud

Two companies were ordered by a federal court to pay more than $7 million in fines after they introduced adulterated and misbranded pet food ingredients into products that were sold Read More

• posted: Feb. 11, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• strengthened federal protections

A federal jury recently awarded a Montana man more than $2.1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against BNSF Railway Co. The employee and plaintiff was Zachary Wooten of Columbia Falls, Read More

• posted: Feb. 07, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• $69 million lawsuit,  shareholder lawsuit,  trusted attorneys

Facebook Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $69 million in attorneys’ fees in a mooted shareholder lawsuit over a scrapped plan that would have reclassified the company’s stock. The deal Read More

• posted: Feb. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  Fair Labor Standards Act,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Supreme Court in October 2018 that businesses are allowed to discriminate against workers based on gender identity without violating federal law. In an appearance Read More

• posted: Jan. 31, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• new memo

A state comptroller for New Jersey claimed that one of his employees acted of his own accord by discounting $2.6 million on how much certain fraudsters had to repay taxpayers Read More