By Steve Kardell | Published February 27, 2020 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation, Wrongful Termination | Tagged Tags: experienced lawyer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), whistleblower retaliation, wrongful termination |
A former bus driver for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) recently filed a lawsuit against her former employer, claiming she was harassed by supervisors and then terminated after reporting the behavior. The bus driver, Khadija Able, first began driving for WMATA in 2012. She claims to have endured repeated harassment over the course Read More
Read MoreThe SEC’s whistleblower program has been a significant success, with almost $400 million dollars having been awarded to a total of 70 whistleblowers through the program so far. If you are to file an SEC whistleblower claim, it is important you know how to maximize your chances of sharing in recovery. Here are just a Read More
Read MoreThe federal government recently opted to intervene in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Navistar Defense LLC, a company that manufactures armored vehicles for the U.S. Military and a subsidiary of Navistar International LLC. According to the lawsuit, Navistar Defense violated the False Claims Act in Read More
Read MoreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released its 2019 Annual Report to Congress overviewing its highly successful whistleblower award program. According to the report, the program continues to protect investors and promote a strong market integrity while richly rewarding people who come forward with unique, actionable information in a timely manner. Since the Read More
Read MoreIndependent Health and one of its subsidiary companies, DxID, were recently sued in a federal whistleblower case. The plaintiff, Tera Ross, is a former medical billing manager at Group health Cooperative in Seattle. The lawsuit charges the defendants with using false risk adjustment information to maximize their claims amounts from the U.S. government. Ross claims Read More
Read MoreA federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently awarded a pair of employees just over $1 million in lost wages and punitive damages. The company ordered to pay the damages was fire protection equipment manufacturer Lloyd Industries Inc. and its owner, William P. Lloyd. The court found the Read More
Read MoreOne aspect of our work with whistleblowers from corporate environments is not just assisting them through the whistleblowing process, but also ensuring the protection and comfort of whistleblowers throughout the process. Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing may be the right thing to do, but that doesn’t make it any less stressful. If you are aware Read More
Read MoreThe Second Circuit recently revived a False Claims Act case that arose out of the 2008 financial crisis. The case, United States ex rel. Kraus v. Wells Fargo & Co., two employees of banks that were later acquired by Wells Fargo alleged there was a longstanding and significant pattern of fraud in connection with the Read More
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