• posted: Sep. 04, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower laws,  academic fraud,  whistleblower award

A federal judge has ruled that a whistleblower lawsuit filed against Duke University and a pair of researchers can proceed. The lawsuit alleges the university and researchers were able to secure Read More

• posted: Aug. 31, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• wrongful termination,  whistleblower claim,  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board recently revived a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) claim made by a whistleblower who was a former nurse at the Read More

• posted: Aug. 28, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• UnitedHealth Group lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice recently sued UnitedHealth Group, claiming the company’s senior executives were aware it was overbilling Medicare by hundreds of millions of dollars annually and that they Read More

• posted: Aug. 24, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  whistleblower,  SEC whistleblower award

In May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower more than $500,000. The company insider had provided valuable information to the agency that “prompted an SEC investigation Read More

• posted: Aug. 21, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower laws,  whistleblower lawsuits,  whistleblower cases

Blowing the whistle when you discover wrongdoing within your business or organization could create a great deal of turbulence in both your personal and professional life. Therefore, it’s important to Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  unlawful activity,  SEC whistleblower award

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a new whistleblower award in April. This time, the payout was worth nearly $4 million for a whistleblower who provided a valuable Read More

• posted: Aug. 14, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• ERISA Lawsuit

Walt Disney Co.’s 401(k) fiduciaries will not have to defend a class action lawsuit that challenged their choice to allow participants in the investment plans to invest their assets in Read More

• posted: Aug. 10, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

A federal court in Texas ordered Timothy L. Ford, president of Commercial Recovery Systems, Inc., to pay $2 million in penalties for a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Read More

• posted: Aug. 07, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Noneconomic damages

With more employees than ever becoming aware of the federal protections available for whistleblowers, there has been a corresponding rise in unhappy workers looking to sue their former employers. However, Read More

• posted: Aug. 03, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  wrongful termination

A jury in California has awarded $25.1 million in damages to a former employee of Cardiovascular Systems Inc. after determining the company wrongfully fired him. The employee, who was at one Read More

• posted: Jul. 31, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• $350 million in False Claims Act,  Medicare and Medicaid

A federal judge in Florida has issued a stay on more than $350 million in False Claims Act judgments in fear that the nursing homes ordered to pay them could Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• FINRA,  issuing penalties,  new guidelines

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory agency, has updated its sanctions guide to ensure in-house judges consider whether broker-dealers took advantage of elderly or vulnerable clients when making Read More

• posted: Jul. 24, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  Wells Fargo scandal

In the wake of its major scandal involving millions of unauthorized accounts opened in its customers’ names, Wells Fargo is “clawing back” more than $75 million from former top executives. Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• Atul and Jiten Nanda,  H-1B work visas

Legal counsel for the U.S. government is pushing back against an effort for a new trial from two brothers convicted for their roles in a scheme to misuse H-1B work Read More

• posted: Jul. 17, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• OSHA,  fraud,  unfairly terminated,  Wells Fargo

Banking giant Wells Fargo must reinstate a former manager who was fired after he reported possible fraud happening within the organization. The order comes from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Read More

• posted: Jul. 13, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• 2.6 Million Settlement

The Bay Sleep Clinic in California has agreed to pay a settlement of $2.6 million in a case related to allegations that it made false Medicare claims over the course Read More