• posted: Nov. 16, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act,  employer retaliation,  whistleblower retaliation

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC. This case revolves around whether a whistleblower bears the burden of proving an employer's retaliatory intent, or Read More

• posted: Oct. 17, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Graft and Corruption,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employer retaliation,  retaliation,  regulatory compliance,  ethics

Whistleblowers are key in uncovering fraud, waste and abuse at companies and organizations. Recently, the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) conducted its annual global survey. The results offer an overview Read More

• posted: May 25, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• financial fraud,  employer retaliation,  employment discrimination

A former vice president of finance at Transdigm, a Washington aerospace supplier, has accused the company of retaliatory termination after she reported financial fraud. The discrimination suit alleged that Transdigm Read More

• posted: May 22, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination,  Sexual Harassment
• employer retaliation,  sexual harassment,  discrimination claim

Natalia Grainger, former squash director of the Westchester County Club, filed a lawsuit against the country club recently. Her complaint alleges that she was fired after she noticed and reported Read More

• posted: May 18, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• employer retaliation,  FMLA,  retaliation claim

A table games dealer has sued Harrah’s Casino and parent company Caesar’s Entertainment for retaliating against him for reporting an incident to human resources and requesting FMLA leave. William Peterson Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2023
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Fraud
• employer retaliation,  healthcare fraud,  workplace safety

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of nurses and other healthcare professionals in a whole new way. Nurses are on the “front lines” of healthcare, often the first people to Read More

• posted: Dec. 15, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  whistleblower laws,  wrongful termination,  Sarbanes-Oxley violation

New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs has been accused of firing their chief financial officer, after he informed the agency’s leaders about waste and conflicts of interest in the state’s Read More

• posted: Nov. 24, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  employer retaliation,  red flags

A Cincinnati surgeon has filed a lawsuit against the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, claiming he was retaliated against when he raised concerns about a colleague’s fitness. Dr. Charles Mehlman 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. 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

• 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: Mar. 10, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  sexual abuse,  cover up

San Jose State University (SJSU) recently agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging a coverup of sexual abuse allegations. The claimant was a whistleblower who targeted the suit against the university Read More

• posted: Jan. 13, 2022
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination,  emotional distress damages

Judith Zimmerman, a former professor at the University of Utah, won $760,000 in damages in a jury trial after she sued the university claiming whistleblower retaliation. The case was another example Read More

• posted: Apr. 26, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation,  Wrongful Termination
• employer retaliation,  wrongful termination,  covid,  covid-19

A whistleblower claims he was wrongfully terminated from his position after repeatedly raising his concerns about COVID-19 protocols at Trojan Battery Co. in Santa Fe Springs. The company was the subject Read More

• posted: Jan. 28, 2021
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• employer retaliation,  whistleblower complaint

Trisa Crutcher, an employee of a Fort Worth Police Crime Laboratory, recently filed a whistleblower complaint alleging a variety of violations at the lab that could result in negative impacts Read More