• posted: Feb. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• New Legislation
• federal laws,  whistleblower retaliation,  OSC

Under federal law, it is illegal for agencies or offices to take any sort of action against an employee who reports wrongdoing or safety concerns. Of course, retaliation still unfortunately Read More

• posted: Feb. 19, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• California healthcare policy,  SynerMed

This fall, an executive at SynerMed, one of the largest physician-practice management firms in the nation, provided a report to her bosses that detailed how the company had improperly denied Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claim act,  fraudulent Medicare billing,  Healthcare fraud scheme

Information a whistleblower provided recently led to federal prosecutors bringing a fraud case against a dermatology chain in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. According to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Read More

• posted: Feb. 12, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Digital Realty Trust v. Somers

The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will take up a case that could determine if corporate whistleblowers have the same protections against retaliation when they report their concerns about misconduct Read More

• posted: Feb. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower award

On November 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower announced a new award of more than $16 million paid to two whistleblowers. Each received an Read More

• posted: Feb. 05, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• California Law,  Equal pay,  Workers compensation

Google is the most recent of a series of large companies to face class action lawsuits from women who allege they do not receive equal pay. This lawsuit comes at Read More

• posted: Feb. 01, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority,  securities regulator,  Unit Investment Trust

According to a recent announcement, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has penalized Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC approximately $13 million for failure to supervise its salespeople’s short-term trades of Read More

• posted: Jan. 29, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• SkyWest Airlines

A U.S. District Court recently awarded $2.45 million in damages to John Hayes, a former employee of SkyWest Airlines, in a wrongful termination lawsuit. In the case, Hayes alleged the Read More

• posted: Jan. 25, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• retaliation suit,  Employees protected against retaliation

A former engineer at Raytheon filed a $3.56 million lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and retaliation for having reported his concerns about timecard fraud to ethics officials within the company. However, Read More

• posted: Jan. 22, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• taking advantage of position

Over the past several months, we have seen high-powered, A-list celebrities and public officials toppled by allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. Many of these cases involved powerful men taking Read More

• posted: Jan. 18, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,  Filing a whistleblower claim,  whistleblowers can alert the government

In a news release posted on its website, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reports it won nearly $500 million for victims of workplace discrimination in 2017. It also Read More

• posted: Jan. 15, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• health care conspiracy

A group of health clinic owners in Houston will head to federal court after being indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and kickbacks, according to a joint Read More

• posted: Jan. 11, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Lawson's case,  whistleblowing protection,  whistleblowing retaliation

A former executive for Fidelity Investments has sued the mutual funds company, claiming it retaliated against her after she blew the whistle on potential fraud to investors. The whistleblower, Jackie Hosang Read More

• posted: Jan. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• New Legislation
• Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act,  Senator Joni Ernst,  strong whistleblower protection

A bill named after a whistleblower who worked at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin, was signed into law in October. The legislation, entitled the Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• annual report highlights

The SEC Office of the Whistleblower recently released its annual report for 2017. The big headline coming from the report is that whistleblower tips have helped the SEC recover nearly Read More

• posted: Jan. 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Uncategorized

Attorney Steve Kardell was quoted in the December 26, 2017 edition of "Bloomberg Government." In an article titled, "Lockhead, Northrop Grumman Again Thward F-35 Cost Claims," by Daniel Seiden, Attorney Read More