• posted: Oct. 25, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Fraud
• whistleblowers,  fraud,  Dallas attorney

Endo Pharmaceuticals recently settled a lawsuit with the state of Texas to the tune of $13.5 million, resolving allegations that the company engaged in illegal marketing practices for its drug Read More

• posted: Jul. 16, 2018
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• labor and employment,  whistleblowers,  discrimination in the workplace

In what is believed to be a first-time occurrence under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, a U.S. District Judge tossed out claims against a person accused of stealing trade secrets Read More

• posted: Sep. 25, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• SEC whistleblower program,  whistleblowers,  SEC,  whistleblower award

On February 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a whistleblower 20 percent of the sanctions paid in association with an enforcement action brought forth as a result Read More

• posted: Sep. 18, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• False Claims Act,  whistleblowers,  Medicare

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently halted a False Claims Act lawsuit filed against Genentech Inc. In the suit, the plaintiff claimed the company defrauded Medicare Read More

• posted: Jul. 24, 2017
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• whistleblowers,  Wells Fargo scandal

In the wake of its major scandal involving millions of unauthorized accounts opened in its customers’ names, Wells Fargo is “clawing back” more than $75 million from former top executives. Read More

• posted: Nov. 12, 2015
• Steve Kardell
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Dodd-Frank Act,  whistleblowers,  wrongful termination,  reporting misconduct

Some new guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this summer gave some additional reinforcement to the agency’s stance that whistleblowers who report misconduct through their company’s internal Read More

• posted: Jan. 05, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• employee rights,  labor and employment,  whistleblowers

In what is being considered a record, landmark case, a former bank executive at Countrywide Financial (now owned by Bank of America Corporation) was awarded $57 million for exposing the Read More

• posted: Jul. 24, 2014
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• Department of Homeland Security,  DHS,  supreme court rulings,  TSA,  whistleblowers

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) plays a crucial role in our national safety infrastructure. Yet the agency has been subjected to significant criticism — and even been the butt of Read More