• posted: Feb. 04, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  Fair Labor Standards Act,  Dallas attorney,  discrimination in the workplace

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Supreme Court in October 2018 that businesses are allowed to discriminate against workers based on gender identity without violating federal law. In an appearance Read More

• posted: Oct. 08, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  Dallas attorney,  workplace harassment

The age of #MeToo has shed light on just how important it is for businesses and organizations to plan out robust harassment reporting and investigation policies and to be proactive Read More

• posted: Sep. 17, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  hostile work environment,  Dallas attorney

Ice Cube’s BIG3 three-on-three basketball league has provided a fun environment on the court for players to showcase their skills. However, the league has also had its fair share of Read More

• posted: Sep. 13, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  Fair Labor Standards Act,  Dallas attorney

The U.S. Supreme Court has maintained a standard of construing exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) narrowly for more than 70 years. However, on April 2, 2018, it Read More

• posted: Sep. 06, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  Dallas attorney

A jury in Morristown, New Jersey, recently ruled unanimously that the town’s police chief, Pete Demnitz, removed officer Keith Hudson from his position after he blew the whistle to authorities Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  employee rights,  whistleblower

Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited and several of its subsidiaries recently agreed to pay $20 million to settle False Claims Act violation allegations. The company and its subsidiaries were accused Read More

• posted: Aug. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower protection,  whistleblower

Over the last year and a half, there have been numerous reports about employees of federal agencies not being allowed to use specific words when preparing documents for Congress or Read More

• posted: Aug. 09, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  sexual harassment

The #MeToo movement gained such tremendous momentum in the second half of 2018 that its members were named the TIME People of the Year. Not only has the movement had Read More

• posted: Aug. 02, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  whistleblower

Wells Fargo has gone through no shortage of scandals in recent years, and now it has more bad news. In late April, Wells Fargo agreed to shell out $9.5 million Read More

• posted: Jul. 26, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  sexual harassment

The New York City Council recently passed the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act, a series of bills with the goal of addressing and preventing sexual harassment in work environments. Read More

• posted: Jul. 23, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  sexual harassment

One of the most common methods used to undermine victims of sexual harassment or assault is to criticize the amount of time they waited before reporting the incident. The insinuation Read More

• posted: Jul. 09, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  discrimination in the workplace

A class action lawsuit filed against Google alleging pay discrimination based on gender will move forward after a ruling by California Superior Court Judge Mary E. Wiss. The original lawsuit was Read More

• posted: Aug. 03, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employee rights,  whistleblower,  wrongful termination

A jury in California has awarded $25.1 million in damages to a former employee of Cardiovascular Systems Inc. after determining the company wrongfully fired him. The employee, who was at one Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment

An oil inspector in Texas claims to have been wrongfully fired for reporting safety violations within his company and being subject to unfair retaliation in the time leading up to Read More

• posted: Jan. 29, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment

A pair of former brokers for Goldman Sachs & Company’s Los Angeles offices earned $7.6 million in monetary awards after filing a wrongful termination and discrimination suit against the company. Read More

• posted: Jan. 26, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment

In retrospect, 2014 has to be considered a success for the whistleblower program run by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This year, whistleblowers who earned awards through Read More