• posted: Sep. 22, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Daily Harvest,  saving lives

Being a whistleblower can be an overwhelming process, according to Daily Harvest whistleblower Abby Silverman. Silverman received a tainted package of “French lentil and leek crumbles,” which sent her to Read More

• posted: Sep. 20, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Tesla,  WARN Act

A putative class action suit against automaker Tesla alleges they laid off thousands of workers without issuing federally-required notice. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires employers to provide Read More

• posted: Sep. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Cartwright Act,  illegal tactics,  price fixing scheme

Uber and Lyft drivers have alleged the two companies are embroiled in a price-fixing scheme, causing drivers to earn less money for their work than they might have otherwise. Three Read More

• posted: Sep. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption
• corporate wrongdoing,  cryptocurrency

Whistleblowers with evidence of a crypto liquidation conspiracy could receive a $20 million dollar bounty for speaking up. Sources allege that there’s a scheme to liquidate cryptocurrency as an attack Read More

• posted: Sep. 08, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  false claims,  healthcare fraud

A rehabilitative therapy business in Georgia, along with its founder, has been ordered to pay $9.6 million in damages for submitting nearly 800 false health care claims. Case background Middle Georgia Family Read More

• posted: Sep. 06, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• high profile whistleblowers

Technology was a historically male-dominated industry—but over the past decade, high profile, big tech whistleblowers have been disproportionately female. When compared to the percentage of women in the tech workforce, Read More

• posted: Sep. 01, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• national origin discrimination

Atlantic Health Systems Inc. can’t avoid a workplace abuse suit filed by an Indian Muslim man, a New Jersey federal judge determined. Maqsood Thange alleged that Atlantic and one of Read More

• posted: Aug. 30, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• disparate treatment

Tip Williams, a 57-year old Bob Evans general manager with 30 years of service, has filed an age discrimination suit against the company. Williams alleges that Bob Evans Restaurants LLC Read More

• posted: Aug. 25, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• NRC,  Nuclear Regulatory Commission,  nuclear safety issues,  Tennessee Valley Authority

Three former members of the Tennessee Valley Authority were removed from their positions after they alerted federal officials about safety concerns and violations. Now, they are suing the utility company Read More

• posted: Aug. 23, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• construction fraud,  GSA,  subcontracting fraud

Hensel Phelps, a general contractor and construction company, recently settled allegations of subcontracting fraud for $2.8 million The misconduct was revealed by Fox Unlimited Enterprises, which acted as a whistleblower in Read More

• posted: Aug. 18, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• whistleblower awards,  SEC,  Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed some changes to its whistleblower program that could potentially affect compensation received by whistleblowers through the program. Under the current rules, whistleblowers Read More

• posted: Aug. 16, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• school administrators

The former administrator of Boston Public Schools who was in charge of English learning claims she was pushed to resign from her position because she was threatened by the district Read More

• posted: Aug. 11, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• employer retaliation,  whistleblower retaliation,  covid-19,  workplace safety

A judge awarded a former U.S. Forest Service firefighter $115,000 in back pay, siding with the firefighter in his whistleblower retaliation claim against the Forest Service. The firefighter, Pedro Rios, claimed Read More

• posted: Aug. 09, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Covid-19
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination lawsuit,  covid-19

The former chief of the Sacramento Fire Department, Gary Loesch, recently filed a $10 million wrongful termination suit against the city, claiming he was deliberately exposed to COVID-19 as a Read More

• posted: Aug. 04, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• resignation letter

Sg. David “Kawika” Hallums of the Honolulu Police Department said he was removed almost immediately after being sworn in as the vice president of the State of Hawaii Organization of Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• False Claims Act,  Medicare Fraud,  Department of Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced two settlements of qui tam lawsuits under the False Claims Act, which allows private individuals to file lawsuits on behalf of the government Read More