By Steve Kardell | Published November 28, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: anti-retaliation program, employers incentivize reporting, experienced attorney, OSHA, whistleblower, whistleblower retaliation |
OSHA Provides Five-Point Guidelines to Prevent Whistleblower Retaliation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently released a set of recommendations to help companies prevent whistleblower retaliation from occurring in their workplaces. The agency suggests training all employees about their right to report any such issues that arise to OSHA or another appropriate agency. It also encourages employers to implement programs that allow employees Read More
Read MoreWhistleblower Claims Disney Has Been Significantly Inflating its Revenue
According to a report from MarketWatch, a Walt Disney Company accountant has claimed the company overstated its revenue for years. That accountant ultimately filed a whistleblower report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Case background The whistleblower in question was Sandra Kuba, who worked with the company for 18 years in its revenue-operations department. She Read More
Read MoreFormer Spectrum Sales Executive Claims to Have Been Fired After Reporting Fraud
A former sales executive for Spectrum in San Antonio claims she was fired from the company in retaliation for reporting allegations of securities frauds to her bosses. She has since filed a federal lawsuit against Spectrum’s parent company, Charter Communications Inc., and seeks punitive damages, lost wages and a return to her job. Case background Read More
Read MoreWhat Have Been the Largest SEC Whistleblower Awards?
The SEC’s whistleblower award program has come a long way since it was first implemented in 2011. The pace at which awards have been given has increased quite a bit since then. Whistleblowers are eligible to receive an award when providing the agency with credible, timely and unique information that leads to a successful enforcement Read More
Read MoreSEC Awards Whistleblower $1.8 Million for Role in Exposing Misconduct
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued yet another whistleblower award in late August, granting more than $1.8 million to a whistleblower who it said provided crucial and actionable information that led to a successful enforcement action involving misconduct overseas. As is the custom with SEC whistleblower awards, no information was provided about the whistleblower, Read More
Read MoreSEC Issues Charges to Several Defendants for Unregistered Securities Sales
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Crystal World Holdings, Inc., The New Sports Economy Institute and Christopher Paul Rabalais for misleading its investors in an unregistered offer and sale of Crystal World Holdings securities to domestic and international investors. Case background According to the SEC complaint, Rabalais and his two companies listed as Read More
Read MoreTexas Medicare Fraud Scheme Results in $339 Million Judgment
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas recently entered a judgment in a Medicare fraud case against four defendants valued at a total of $339,402,631. The judgment stems from a whistleblower claim filed in 2013 by Grant Bachman, who filed his initial lawsuit against multiple home health care Read More
Read MoreMcDonald’s Franchisee in Texas Settles Discrimination Claim
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with R.E.E. Inc., the owner and operator of several McDonald’s franchises in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The settlement arose from a lawsuit alleging the R.E.E.-owned violated anti-discrimination rules under the Immigration and Nationality Act by routinely discriminating against non-American citizens authorized for work while Read More
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