• posted: May 15, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• documenting fraud

A federal judge in San Diego recently ruled that whistleblowers can be protected for sending confidential information to the SEC for the purposes of reporting fraud. BofI Federal Bank, a San Read More

• posted: May 11, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act

A recently filed whistleblower lawsuit alleges UnitedHealth Group and other health plans that hired subsidiaries of the insurance company routinely submitted false information about the conditions of patents to boost Read More

• posted: May 08, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• protection for aging workforce

The American workforce is continuing to get older. While many Baby Boomers have already hit retirement, many still have some years left in their careers, while others are foregoing retirement Read More

• posted: May 04, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act settlement

A Texas doctor received an $11.4 million award for helping uncover a major fraudulent scheme by a hospital service provider. The doctor, Bijan Oughatiyan, filed the suit against his former employer, Read More

• posted: May 01, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• $60M whistleblower award

TeamHealth Holdings, a hospital service provider, recently agreed to pay out $60 million plus interest to settle claims that one of its subsidiaries, IPC Healthcare Inc., knowingly overcharged certain federal Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption
• pharmaceutical drug prices

One of the big takeaways from President Donald Trump’s first press conference since being elected was his claim that the pharmaceutical company is “getting away with murder” in terms of Read More

• posted: Apr. 24, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

Per a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Labor, JPMorgan Chase wrongfully retaliated against a former employee who had raised questions about the sales tactics and investment products offered Read More

• posted: Apr. 20, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged two different companies with whistleblower retaliation, leading to a pair of high-price settlements within a day of each other. The first of Read More

• posted: Apr. 17, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Congress,  federal law for whistleblower protection

A pair of recent enforcement actions by the SEC describe ways in which severance agreements could violate whistleblower protections as outlined in federal securities laws. When employers provide severance packages, there Read More

• posted: Apr. 13, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC internal whistleblower retaliation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that SandRidge Energy, an Oklahoma-based oil and gas company, would pay out $1.4 million to settle claims of retaliation against a whistleblower Read More

• posted: Apr. 10, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• 2016 whistleblower awards

There were numerous milestones in 2016 for the SEC Whistleblower Program, in many regards. It marked five years since the program was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, Read More

• posted: Apr. 06, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• wrongful termination

Infosys Ltd., the second-largest provider of software services in India, announced its general counsel and chief compliance officer, David Kennedy, was leaving the company effective December 31. The announcement was Read More

• posted: Apr. 03, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower settlement

Chicago State University recently agreed to a $1.3 million settlement in a whistleblower suit brought forth by a former university administrator who claimed he was fired for reporting financial wrongdoing Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation

A whistleblower in northern California recently won a $2.6 million settlement in a lawsuit against Bay Sleep Clinic, a company that operates 20 different clinic locations throughout the northern part Read More

• posted: Mar. 27, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas recently paid out $87,500 to settle a lawsuit filed in 2015 stemming from a case of whistleblower retaliation. The settlement terms were publicized after Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower tips

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in December that it was awarding a whistleblower with more than $900,000 for a tip that allowed the agency to bring multiple Read More