• posted: May 03, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights

A McDonald’s franchisee, who fired an autistic employee of 37 years, recently settled an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit for $100,000. The franchisee, who owns and operates “numerous” McDonald’s restaurants Read More

• posted: May 02, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  New Legislation,  Sexual Harassment
• Speak Out Act

President Joe Biden signed the Speak Out Act into law in December 2022. This law renders unenforceable nondisclosure and non-disparagement clauses in employment contracts and severance agreements, regarding allegations of Read More

• posted: Apr. 27, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• bait-and-switch payment scheme,  temporary staffing

Three nurses have accused two Colorado travel nurse staffing companies of implementing a bait-and-switch payment scheme. They have accused the firms of making false pay offers, then cut the promised Read More

• posted: Apr. 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• medicaid billing

False Claims Act litigation may have significant impact this year, as the Supreme Court decides which cases to hear. The Supreme Court has already accepted one False Claims Act case, Read More

• posted: Apr. 20, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch will settle a worker’s retaliation lawsuit in which an employee alleged she was removed from her union steward duties after she filed for workers’ compensation and complained about discrimination. Read More

• posted: Apr. 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Dodd-Frank Act,  SEC,  SEC award

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded over $37 million to a whistleblower who came forward with information leading to a successful SEC enforcement action, and a related action. The SEC’s Office Read More

• posted: Apr. 13, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Goldman Sachs

A sex discrimination case against Goldman Sachs, which is now 13 years old, is finally scheduled to go before a jury in June 2023. The class action represents more than Read More

• posted: Apr. 11, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• discrimination,  Title VII,  Discrimination Claim

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has heard oral arguments in Hamilton v. Dallas County, which has challenged a decades-old court rule that makes it more difficult for workers and Read More

• posted: Apr. 06, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• LGTB

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether a website designer can legally refuse services for same-sex weddings. If the Court rules in the website designer’s favor, it could Read More

• posted: Apr. 04, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• affirmative action,  diversity initiatives

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on two high-profile affirmative action cases in higher education. Experts suggest that this could affect how employers handle their diversity initiatives. Cases before the Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• federal financial fraud

2022 was a big year for federal financial fraud whistleblower actions. Some of the country’s biggest financial institutions were targeted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Justice Read More

• posted: Mar. 28, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• do-not-impede rule

2022 saw the government focus on whistleblower actions. From major settlements to expansions of whistleblower law, here are some of the major developments we saw in the previous year: Uber whistleblower: Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  New Legislation
• AMLWIA

Congress recently included the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act as part of the omnibus budget, which President Biden has signed into law. This new Act includes measures to expand enforcement Read More

• posted: Mar. 21, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• Biogen,  Medi-Cal

Government enforcement agencies spent 2022 investigating claims of healthcare fraud, thanks to whistleblowers. The government recovered billions of dollars from healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies and more. Most of the cases below Read More

• posted: Mar. 16, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• California Public Utilities Commission

A whistleblower case against the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) wrapped up in November 2022. The former, fired CPUC executive director is seeking up to $4.8 million for reporting “fiscal Read More

• posted: Mar. 14, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• reinstatement

Last November, the Sixth Circuit revived a former Fiat Chrysler employee’s suit. The employee claimed that he was fired for taking off time from work, in order to manage his Read More