OSHA Files Whistleblower Retaliation Case Against Missouri Carbon Fiber Manufacturer

By Steve Kardell | Published June 17, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently filed a whistleblower protection claim against a carbon fiber manufacturer based in Missouri that fired an employee who had reported safety concerns to the company. According to the information released by the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA investigated the allegations made by the worker, and ultimately felt Read More

A Year in a Pandemic Results in Record Number of OSHA Retaliation Complaints from Whistleblowers

By Steve Kardell | Published June 14, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

It’s now been more than a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. In that time, society has seen significant upheaval, and businesses have had to endure a great deal of turbulence. One symptom of that turbulence has been the large number of whistleblower retaliation complaints filed with the Read More

SEC Issues its First Whistleblower Award in a Case Related to a Settlement with Another Agency

By Steve Kardell | Published June 10, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

The SEC recently announced a $9.2 million award to a whistleblower, an award that was significant not just for its sizable dollar figure, but also the manner in which it was awarded. This marked the very first award in which the SEC gave an award to a whistleblower who provided information that led to a Read More

BNSF Railway Co. Will Pay $290,000 in Whistleblower Case

By Steve Kardell | Published June 7, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

BNSF Railway Co., a company based in Forth Worth, Texas, was ordered by federal labor officials to pay $290,000 in damages and back pay to settle a whistleblower claim. The company was also ordered to reinstate the employee who blew the whistle on the company’s violation of employee rights. Case background According to representatives from Read More

Whistleblowers Shine Light on Low-Quality Food Resulting in Illnesses for National Guard Members

By Steve Kardell | Published May 17, 2021 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation |

A recent investigation prompted by whistleblower reports found Michigan National Guard troops were becoming ill due to the low quality of their food. According to the whistleblower, nearly 75 meals had to be thrown out after metal shavings were found in food, while other meals showed up undercooked and resulted in soldiers becoming sick. The Read More

Employment Suits Start to Bounce Back After Lags Caused by Pandemic

By Steve Kardell | Published May 10, 2021 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation, Wrongful Termination | Tagged Tags: employment lawsuits, retaliation claim, wrongful termination |

It was a predictable result of the COVID-19 pandemic—by May 2020, new employment lawsuits in federal courts started to majorly fall off. However, by the end of the year and carrying into the first quarter of 2021, employment lawsuits began to rebound, marking just one more indicator of an economy that is beginning to wake Read More

Whistleblower to Get $3.6 Million in False Claims Act Case Against Roche, Humana

By Steve Kardell | Published May 3, 2021 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: False Claim act, kickbacks, Medicare Advantage |

Humana and Roche Diagnositics Corp. and Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. (Roche) agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit to the tune of $12.5 million, of which more than $3.6 million will go to the whistleblower who initiated the claim. The case dates back to 2014, when the whistleblower (who had worked at Roche) reported Read More

Whistleblower Claims Wrongful Termination After Complaining About COVID Protocols at Workplace

By Steve Kardell | Published April 26, 2021 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation, Wrongful Termination | Tagged Tags: covid, covid-19, employer retaliation, wrongful termination |

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 of an investigation in 2020 after a virus outbreak resulted in 61 total infections and the death of one employee. The whistleblower, John Martinez, Read More

Worker Claims Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower Retaliation While Working for U.S. Army Contractor

By Steve Kardell | Published April 15, 2021 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: sexual harassment, Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, U.S. Army Contractor, whistleblower retaliation |

Kylee Lee, a former military intelligence officer, recently filed a lawsuit against her former employer, a U.S. Army contractor, accusing it of whistleblower retaliation in violation of Title VII. Her case is one of many being funded by the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, an initiative that began in the wake of the #MeToo movement, Read More

Washington, D.C. Passes Tax Fraud Qui Tam Statute

By Steve Kardell | Published April 8, 2021 | Posted in Fraud, New Legislation, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Tax Fraud Qui Tam |

On January 13, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. signed into law the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020. It will become effective as soon as the 30-day congressional review period passes, as it is expected to do. The amendment passed 12-1, and featured four major changes to the district’s existing false claims statute: The new law Read More

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