Whistleblower Receives $5.5 Million Award for Providing Information to SEC

By Steve Kardell | Published March 16, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: whistleblower awards |

A recent corporate whistleblower who provided information to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about an ongoing fraudulent scheme targeting investors received a $5.5 million award from the agency. It marked the 38th award the agency has handed out since the program’s establishment in 2012. According to the SEC, the whistleblower was still employed Read More

How to Enhance Your Company’s Due Diligence Process

By Steve Kardell | Published March 13, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: enhance due diligence process |

Your company’s due diligence process requires a wealth of information to be effective, especially in a world in which global business has become increasingly prevalent. The following are some ways you can enhance your due diligence process: Adverse news search: Regulators suggest the inclusion of an adverse news search as part of any due diligence Read More

Study Finds Benefits to Whistleblower Complaints for Corporations

By Steve Kardell | Published March 9, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: benefits of whistleblower complaints |

A study from the University of Iowa indicates that financial wrongdoing within corporations tends to see a marked decrease after a major whistleblower complaint. Researchers looked at various companies’ financial reporting after they were involved in alleged improprieties. The data in the study was from the years 2003 to 2010. This was the first major Read More

2016-2017 40th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference

By Steve Kardell | Published March 7, 2017 | Posted in Uncategorized, Whistleblower Litigation |

Fri, Mar 10, 2017 8:30 AM – 4:15 PM The Capital Hotel, Little Rock, AR Attend the 40th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference and earn 6.5 CLE including 1 Ethics hour. This year’s event will cover topics of interest including: medical marijuana, an update on the 8th Circuit, retaliation, whistleblowing, changes to the I9, Read More

Prudential Sued in Fake Account Scandal Involving Wells Fargo

By Steve Kardell | Published March 6, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: life insurance fraud, Prudential, Wells Fargo |

For several months, Wells Fargo & Co. has been dealing with a fake accounts scandal that has made national news — and now the issue has extended to Prudential Financial, Inc. The company recently suspended its business operations with Wells Fargo after a whistleblower filed a lawsuit accusing the company of selling fraudulent life insurance Read More

SEC Likely to Take More Enforcement Actions Against Public Companies

By Steve Kardell | Published March 2, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: public companies, SEC |

A recent report from the New York University Pollack Center for Law & Business and Cornerstone Research reveals enforcement actions on the part of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against public companies and their subsidiaries have increased at a faster rate than all other types of enforcement actions over the last four years. Read More

Whistleblower Collects Award Worth $900,000 from SEC

By Steve Kardell | Published February 23, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: SEC whistleblower award |

In the latest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower award, an unidentified insider received $900,000 for his or her role in uncovering corporate or agency wrongdoing. According to the SEC, the whistleblower provided key information that played a role in helping the agency bring successful enforcement actions against several parties. The agency announced the Read More

Appeals Court Clarification Strengthens Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees

By Steve Kardell | Published February 20, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Miller v Department of Justice, whistleblower protections |

The recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision in Miller v. Department of Justice offered some clarification as to the standard for how to determine if an agency met its responsibility under the Whistleblower Protection Act to demonstrate it would have taken the same action with its personnel in the absence of Read More

Recent SEC Whistleblower Award Worth Nearly $1 Million

By Steve Kardell | Published February 16, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: whistleblower award |

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced one of its latest whistleblower awards, worth more than $900,000. In this case, a whistleblower’s tip helped the SEC bring multiple enforcement actions against various parties. Per federal law, the SEC did not release the name of the whistleblower or any information on the case that Read More

Doctors Split $2.7 Million False Claims Act Settlement

By Steve Kardell | Published February 13, 2017 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: False Claims Act, health care professionals |

Two doctors will split a $2.7 million award after winning a False Claims Act lawsuit in which they claimed another physician at a nonprofit hospital in Florida was performing unnecessary cardiac studies and procedures. The total settlement was worth $12 million. The doctors filed the lawsuit against South Miami Hospital and one of its physicians Read More

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