• 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: Jan. 14, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower retaliation,  Harassment and Retaliation

Mark Livingston, a 21-year Marine Corps veteran and former senior intelligence worker for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), recently filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. In it, Read More

• posted: Jan. 10, 2019
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower retaliation,  whistleblower settlement

Manny Verdi, a former administrator at an elementary school in the Bronx, earned $230,000 in a settlement from the city after alleging he experienced retaliation for acting as a whistleblower. Verdi Read More

• posted: Dec. 31, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  wrongful termination,  Dallas attorney,  whistleblower retaliation

Victoria Murphy, a former employee of Albuquerque Animal Welfare, filed a lawsuit against the city after she was fired for what she says was blowing the whistle to protect public Read More

• posted: Feb. 27, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• New Legislation
• federal laws,  whistleblower retaliation,  OSC

Under federal law, it is illegal for agencies or offices to take any sort of action against an employee who reports wrongdoing or safety concerns. Of course, retaliation still unfortunately Read More

• posted: Oct. 05, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower lawsuits,  wrongful termination,  whistleblower claims,  whistleblower retaliation

The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled a whistleblower retaliation claim filed by a lab quality technician at a Springfield, Minnesota, facility run by MAT Holdings, Inc. would Read More

• posted: Apr. 24, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

Per a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Labor, JPMorgan Chase wrongfully retaliated against a former employee who had raised questions about the sales tactics and investment products offered Read More

• posted: Apr. 20, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged two different companies with whistleblower retaliation, leading to a pair of high-price settlements within a day of each other. The first of Read More

• posted: Mar. 27, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas recently paid out $87,500 to settle a lawsuit filed in 2015 stemming from a case of whistleblower retaliation. The settlement terms were publicized after Read More

• posted: Dec. 08, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

In eastern Washington state, crews have been working on one of the most intensive and costly environmental cleanups in the U.S. history, addressing the site of a former nuclear production Read More

• posted: Jul. 14, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblower retaliation

A new report from the Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense confirms allegations of retaliation against an officer in the West Virginia National Guard after her sexual Read More

• posted: May 05, 2016
• Steve Kardell
• Employee Rights
• whistleblower retaliation

Miguel Del Toral works as a regulations manager for the Environmental Protection Agency and was assigned to investigate the water issues in Flint, Michigan in early 2015. According to Del Read More