• posted: Jun. 11, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Centerlight Health System,  Whistleblower Billing Fraud Case,  Wrongdoing included false claims

Centerlight Health System, Inc., a New York-based healthcare provider primarily serving elderly and disabled Medicaid patients, reached a new $10.3 million settlement in a case with state and federal elements Read More

• posted: Jun. 07, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Ethics and Compliance Initiative

Over the last several years, we have seen the number of whistleblowers reporting internal wrongdoing dramatically increase. However, a new survey from the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) also indicates Read More

• posted: Jun. 04, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Harassment and Retaliation,  isolated incident,  Whistleblower Litigation

A sergeant in a sheriff’s department in northwest Oregon who alerted authorities to the poor performance of a detective in the department filed a $1.6 million lawsuit alleging supervisors in Read More

• posted: May 31, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• First ‘Safe Harbor’ Ruling,  SEC Awards Whistleblower

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a new whistleblower award of more than $2.2 million, the first award from the agency to be paid out under the Read More

• posted: May 28, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Med Health Services Inc.,  Plaintiff alleges wrongdoing

A woman in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, claims her supervisors at Med Health Services Inc. in Monroeville illegally retaliated against her after she raised concerns about illegal activity in the workplace Read More

• posted: May 24, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• hair salon in Kennett Square,  Pennsylvania

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against a hair salon in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, claiming the business owners terminated an employee because her husband reported workplace safety and Read More

• posted: May 21, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Cambridge Analytica,  international infamy

Christopher Wylie rose to sudden international infamy when he blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica’s alleged stealing of the data of more than 50 million Facebook users. Now, Wylie says Read More

• posted: May 17, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Medicare Fraud,  uncover instances of fraud,  Whistleblowers are Critical

During a recent interview with the AARP, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Medicare fraud must be taken as seriously as the war on drugs in this country. That’s saying Read More

• posted: May 14, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $1.7 Million Award,  Takata case,  Takata Whistleblowers

Three former employees of Takata Corp. will share a $1.7 million award after giving information to authorities that alerted them to the risks of the much-publicized deadly airbag inflators. Those Read More

• posted: May 10, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Record-High Whistleblower Awards,  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it issued its largest whistleblower award ever, breaking the previous record of a $30 million award it handed out in Read More

• posted: May 07, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• protections from retaliation,  restore whistleblower protections,  Whistleblowing Professors

The Missouri state senate is debating a bill that would add some protections from retaliation to university faculty who serve as whistleblowers. State Sen. Ed Emery is sponsoring the bill, which Read More

• posted: May 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• federal agencies

Two whistleblowers won their fight with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over the amount of money they could claim from a pool they helped the agency collect. Their victory could Read More

• posted: Apr. 30, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• state employee

In a major decision for state and federal whistleblower law, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a verdict worth $3.2 million in favor of an individual who was fired after exposing Read More

• posted: Apr. 26, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• critical medical documents,  Mecklenburg County,  Retaliation Lawsuit

A whistleblower has filed a lawsuit against Mecklenburg County, alleging she was fired after speaking out about years’ worth of patient records and other critical medical documents that were piled Read More

• posted: Apr. 23, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Public Hospital,  termination was retaliation,  United Medical Center

Julian Craig, who previously served as chief medical officer at United Medical Center, the only public hospital in Washington, D.C., recently filed a lawsuit against the facility and its management Read More

• posted: Apr. 19, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Conditions at Nursing Home,  Fargo’s Manor Care Nursing Home

A woman in North Dakota recently contacted a whistleblower hotline with concerns about the living conditions at Fargo’s Manor Care Nursing Home. According to the whistleblower, she has a family Read More