• posted: Aug. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• eeoc,  hiring discrimination,  gender discrimination,  title VII protections

A Mississippi trucking company has settled a claim with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for refusing to hire female applicants since 1986. The company will pay $490,000 and Read More

• posted: Aug. 22, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employment discrimination,  religious discrimination,  religious accomodations

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that “employers may not demonstrate that a proposed accommodation of an employee’s sincerely held religious belief or practice constitutes an undue hardship under Title Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• medicare fraud,  CRH Healthcare,  Peachtree Immediate Care FP,  Covid-19 Fraud

Two healthcare companies, CRH Healthcare, LLC and Peachtree Immediate Care FP, LLC, have agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle accusations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. In turn, multiple Read More

• posted: Aug. 15, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• qui tam,  kickbacks,  kickback scheme,  kickback claims,  qui tam claims

Vanguard Health Systems (doing business as The Detroit Medical Center Inc. (DMC)) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation has recently settled a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit for $29.7 million. The government Read More

• posted: Aug. 10, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  whistleblower suit,  wrongdoing at your job

Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC and owner Gregory Balotin have settled a False Claims Act lawsuit for at least $7.4 million. The Justice Department alleged that the pharmacies “violated the Read More

• posted: Aug. 08, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• kickbacks,  kickback suit,  nursing facility

Alta Vista Healthcare and Wellness Center, LLC and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services, have settled a kickback suit for $3.825 million. Read More

• posted: Aug. 03, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• FIRREA,  AMLA,  Money Laundering

In December 2022, Congress presented the omnibus budget to President Biden, including the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act. This Act amends the Anti-Money Laundering Act to be more like other Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• ADEA,  age discrimination,  EEOC

A Swiss-based medical device component manufacturer has settled an age-based discrimination lawsuit for $460,000. Fischer Connectors was sued for age bias, including replacing older workers with younger, less-qualified candidates, forcing Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• OSHA,  Back Wages,  Furloughed

Fired Whistleblowers to Receive $15,000 in Back Wages A Texas dental practice has been ordered to pay a combined $15,706 in back pay to two former employees. The workers claimed they Read More

• posted: Jul. 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  qui tam,  FCA Violations

Devyn Taylor, who alleged that Samsung C&T America committed False Claims Act violations, is set to receive $210,000 for blowing the whistle. The settlement was approved in early February 2023 Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• OSHA,  Sherman Antitrust Act,  CAARA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a new rule to enhance antitrust whistleblower protections. Under the new rule, employees and contractors are protected from retaliation when they Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• enforcement,  Financial Fraud,  Fraud Enforcement

As many Americans have noticed, financial conditions are getting worse across the board—including for corporations. As profits go down and interest rates go up, more corporate executives may be tempted Read More

• posted: Jul. 13, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  SEC Enforcement Action,  Separation Agreements

In February 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an enforcement action against Activision Blizzard Inc., a publicly traded video game company. The SEC accused Activision of failing to maintain Read More

• posted: Jul. 11, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC,  Retaliation Claim,  Barclays

A former Barclays vice president has asked the Second Circuit to overturn a ruling in favor of Barclays, claiming he was shut out of meetings and fired after sounding an Read More

• posted: Jul. 06, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Kickback,  FCA Suit

The United States Department of Justice asked a federal judge in Minnesota to order an ophthalmology distributor to pay around $490 million in damages after a False Claims Act kickback Read More

• posted: Jul. 04, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• wage fixing,  Sherman Antitrust Act,  Antitrust

A healthcare staffing executive was indicted in March by a federal grand jury, for claims he conspired with others to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses. The United States Read More