University of Michigan Pays $300,000 to Settle Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

By Steve Kardell | Published May 30, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation, Wrongful Termination | Tagged Tags: experienced whistleblower attorney, fired after she blew the whistle, whistleblower, Whistleblowers receive protections from retaliation, wrongful termination lawsuit |

The University of Michigan recently agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former employer who alleged wrongful termination on the part of the school. The former employee was Amy J. Wang, who worked as an executive in technology services and the finance department. She claims she was fired after she blew Read More

Whistleblower Alleges Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Mishandled

By Steve Kardell | Published May 23, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: change orders worth a total of more than $5 million, failed to obtain or even require accurate, Man claims wrongful termination, Rapid Transportation Mishandled, whistleblower, whistleblower attorney |

In a recently filed a lawsuit in California, Jeff Werner, a former change control claims manager with the engineering company Stantec, alleges he was wrongfully terminated after discovering and reporting mandatory change order procedures were not being followed on an Oahu railway project. Werner worked on the rail from August 2016 to June 2017. While Read More

Recent College Admissions Scandal Leads to Whistleblower Hotline Reward

By Steve Kardell | Published May 9, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Serious issues at play, whistleblower, whistleblower attorney, whistleblower hotline reward |

A recent college admissions scandal has been all over national news recently, leading to the indictment of more than 50 people nationwide — including some celebrities. In the wake of that scandal, there was a class action lawsuit filed against the University of Texas (which also fired its tennis coach), and now the creation of Read More

Supreme Court Appears Likely to Side with Whistleblowers in Time Limit Case

By Steve Kardell | Published May 2, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: contradictory time windows, knowledgeable attorney, Time Limit Case, whistleblower, whistleblower claim |

Parsons Corp, a government contractor, is alleged to have increased its wealth by tricking a legally blind official. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to side against the contractor in a case that hinges on how much time whistleblowers have to file a claim. The law gives seemingly contradictory time windows in which whistleblowers Read More

Representing Whistleblowers in Companies With Deferred Prosecution Agreements

By Steve Kardell | Published April 27, 2019 | Posted in Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: deferred prosecution agreement, Department of Justice, DPA, retaliation, whistleblower |

Businesses that secure a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) from the Department of Justice should be highly motivated to honor the agreement’s terms and avoid any hint of further violations. However, it does not always work this way, and some companies continue to engage in the conduct that precipitated their legal trouble. These actions can prompt Read More

Hooters Among Latest Employers Targeted with Lawsuits over Handling of Employee Fingerprints

By Steve Kardell | Published April 25, 2019 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: employee rights, employees use their fingerprints, skilled whistleblower attorney, storing employee fingerprints, whistleblower |

The Hooters chain of restaurants recently was in court recently to respond to a lawsuit alleging it violated an Illinois privacy law when it reportedly began collecting and storing employee fingerprints. Hooters’ employees use their fingerprints to check in and out of work shifts and track the amount of hours they work. However, the lawsuit Read More

SEC Accused of Mishandling Whistleblower Claim Regarding Financial Misconduct at Deutsche Bank

By Steve Kardell | Published April 22, 2019 | Posted in Graft and Corruption, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: graft and corruption, histleblowers must be assertive, mishandling a tip he sent, perienced attorney, SEC, whistleblower |

The economy has come a long way since the financial crisis of the late 2000s. However, the fallout for the big banks and discussions of how the federal government should regulate them continues. One whistleblower accused a senior Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official during the financial crisis of mishandling a tip he sent in Read More

Eagle Home Mortgage Accused of Approving Unqualified Buyers

By Steve Kardell | Published April 11, 2019 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: after it settled charges, fraud, skilled whistleblower attorney, Steps to take to combat fraud, U.S. Department of Justice for lack of complianc, whistleblower |

Eagle Home Mortgage, a subsidiary of Lennar, is the defendant in a new whistleblower lawsuit that alleges the lender routinely approved unqualified borrowers for mortgages, going so far as to falsify borrowers’ documents to increase the chances of approval. The suit also claims the company hid negative findings on audited loans from regulators. This latest Read More

Identifying and Reporting a Ponzi Scheme

By Steve Kardell | Published April 8, 2019 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: experienced whistleblower lawyer, Ponzi scheme, red flags, Reporting the scheme, whistleblower |

It is hard to believe, but we have now passed the 10-year anniversary of the federal government bringing down Bernie Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. This scheme did ultimately do some good, as it led to Congress enacting the whistleblower program at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but many people lost a whole lot of Read More

Finance of America Mortgage to Pay $14.5 Million to Settle FHA Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit

By Steve Kardell | Published February 25, 2019 | Posted in Fraud, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: $14.5 Million to Settle, fraud, fraudulent practices, trusted whistleblower attorney, whistleblower |

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that Finance of America Mortgage, LLC, has agreed to pay the federal government $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving mortgage fraud brought under the False Claims Act. The case related to Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans originated by Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, a company acquired by Read More

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