• posted: Nov. 17, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Sexual Harassment
• denied promotion,  student athletes

Former Santa Fe High School assistant principal Kelly Rinaldi was awarded nearly $800,000 in a whistleblower lawsuit against the school district. Rinaldi alerted colleagues of allegations of sexual misconduct against Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• anesthesia billing

Epic, a medical billing software service, has been accused of prompting hundreds of hospitals across the country to double-bill Medicaid and Medicare for anesthesia services. This resulted in hundreds of Read More

• posted: Nov. 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Biometric Privacy,  Employee Privacy,  Facial Recognition

A former Illinois employee from Lurie Children’s Hospital recently filed a biometric privacy claim against ID.me Inc., the hospital’s identity verification vendor. The suit claimed it stored her and other Read More

• posted: Nov. 08, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• FMLA Violation

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) bestows eligible employees with the right to take 12 weeks of job-protected leave from work, whether due to a personal or family medical Read More

• posted: Nov. 03, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• FMLA Interference Claim

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees the right to take 12 weeks of job-protected leave from work due to a personal or family medical need, or Read More

• posted: Nov. 01, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Sexual Harassment
• Equal pay Act,  gender bias lawsuit

Signet Jewelers, responsible for brands like Sterling Jewerlers, Kay Jewelers and Jared, has settled gender bias litigation representing 68,000 female employees. The female employees alleged that Signet Jewelers promoted women Read More

• posted: Oct. 27, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Uncategorized
• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Employees eligible for FMLA protections may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year. Employers and employees are also prohibited from denying, restraining or interfering with an employee Read More

• posted: Oct. 25, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• fraudulent prescriptions

Two pharmacy owners were recently convicted of trying to defraud pharmacy benefit managers of tens of thousands of prescriptions, which were submitted to both private and federally-funded healthcare programs. The Read More

• posted: Oct. 20, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Sexual Harassment
• affirmative defense

Workers are protected against sexual harassment by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sexual harassment cases, cases often hinge on whether an employer has an affirmative Read More

• posted: Oct. 18, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• bribery,  healthcare fraud,  kickback scheme

The Department of Justice recently charged 36 defendants in 13 federal districts for “alleged fraudulent telemedicine, cardiovascular and cancer genetic testing and durable medical equipment (DME) schemes.” Criminal charges were Read More

• posted: Oct. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• labor laws

A Connecticut professor, who was not reappointed after he raised labor practice concerns, was recently awarded over $735,000 in a whistleblower lawsuit. The University of Connecticut School of Business violated Read More

• posted: Oct. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• Carnival Corp,  intentional infliction of emotional distress,  sexual assault

A federal jury in Florida recently awarded a sexual assault victim $10.2 million in damages. The plaintiff alleged that a Carnival Corp. employee imprisoned and sexually assaulted her during a Read More

• posted: Oct. 06, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• protected activity

A former Ryder Truck Rental employee with a disability is suing the company for disability bias. Johnny Jacobs’ suit alleges that his supervisor wrongfully removed his driving privileges, despite being Read More

• posted: Oct. 04, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employer retaliation,  Age Discrimination,  Discrimination Claim

A former AstraZeneca sales manager—and current whistleblower—is suing the company for age discrimination and retaliation. Suzanne Ivie claims that AstraZeneca fired her after she refused to participate in an off-label Read More

• posted: Sep. 29, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• JP Morgan

Shaquala Williams, a former compliance attorney at JP Morgan, has sued the company for retaliation after she raised misconduct concerns. The bank filed a motion for summary judgement, alleging Williams Read More

• posted: Sep. 27, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employer retaliation,  sexual harassment,  sex discrimination

The products liability chair at Buchalter APC, a law firm in Los Angeles, California, has been sued for sexually harassing and verbally abusing a subordinate. Karen Hurdle, a legal analyst Read More