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- Changing Currents 2023 – Panel Preview: The Growing Push for Pay Transparency
- Changing Currents 2023 – Panel Preview: Discrimination in Mass Layoffs
- Changing Currents 2023 – Panel Preview: Long COVID Symptoms in the Workplace
- No Easy Out For FCA Defendants After Justices’ Ruling
- Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s Big Overtime Case
- Five Steps to Fight a Non-Compete Agreement (While the FTC Tries to Make Them Illegal)
- Justices Seem Unlikely to Shake Up FCA Dismissal Rules
- Who Do You Sue If You Have Joint Employers?
- When Alleging SOX Retaliation in the Second Circuit, Stick with the DOL
- Sometimes Whistleblowers Get Paid: A Go-To Guide to the False Claims Act
- Changing Currents 2022 – Panel Preview: Non-Compete Agreements
- Changing Currents 2022 – Panel Preview: Remote Workforce
- Changing Currents 2022 – Panel Preview: Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
- The Thank You Note You Never Wanted
- How to Avoid or Dispute an Unfair NPDB Report
- Threat To False Claims Act Lurks In High Court PAGA Case
- Choosing the Best Law for Race-Based Employment Claims in D.C.
- I’m an HR Professional. Can I Be Held Personally Liable for a Wrongful Firing?
- It’s Time for DOJ to Send a Signal to PPP Whistleblowers
- What If You Don’t Want to Return to In-Person Work?
- Changing Currents 2021 – Panel Preview: Cybersecurity Whistleblowing
- Changing Currents 2021 – Panel Preview: Wage-and-Hour Claims
- Changing Currents 2021 – Panel Preview: COVID-19’s Impact on Reasonable Accommodation
- Changing Currents 2021 – Panel Preview: Hair Discrimination Statutes
- Biden Revives an Option for Quick Settlement of Federal Employee Claims
- Options for Employers with Non-Immigrant Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Trump Visa Halt
- A New Day for the Old Dominion
- A Huge Step for Workplace Justice – But Battles Remain Ahead
- New Rights for D.C. Employees Under COVID-19 Emergency Laws
- Toward a Good-Faith Version of the Ministerial Exception
- How Existing Immigration Cases Are Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- For a Real Anti-Bias Statute, Look for the “Free From” Label
- What the New Coronavirus Paid-Leave Laws Mean for Employees
- “Qui Tam 2020” Panel Preview: False Claims Act “Year in Review”
- “Qui Tam 2020” Panel Preview: Ethical Considerations under the False Claims Act
- “Qui Tam 2020” Panel Preview: Asset Forfeiture under the False Claims Act
- “Qui Tam 2020” Panel Preview: AseraCare and the Future of Medical Necessity Cases under the False Claims Act
- Qui Tam 2020 Panel Preview: AUSA Procedures under the False Claims Act
- Qui Tam 2020 Panel Preview: CIFPA and IICFPA
- Qui Tam 2020 Panel Preview: Discovery in False Claims Act Cases
- Qui Tam 2020 Panel Preview: Government-Initiated (c)(2)(A) Dismissals of Qui Tam Complaints
- Qui Tam 2020 Panel Preview: Multi-Relator Cases under the False Claims Act
- Qui Tam 2020 Panel Preview: Emerging Trends under the False Claims Act
- Qui Tam 2020: A Preview from the Co-Chairs
- Arguments Show That Comcast Suit Is a Flawed Vehicle for Making Law
- Changing Currents 2019: Panel Preview – Artificial Intelligence in Hiring
- Changing Currents 2019: Panel Preview – The FMLA/ADA Intersection
- Changing Currents 2019: Panel Preview – Anti-SLAPP Laws in the Workplace
- Changing Currents 2019: Panel Preview – Medical Marijuana in the Workplace
- Changing Currents 2019: Panel Preview – B.Y.O. Device Policies
- High Court Got It Right On FCA Time Limits
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations
- A Preview of ‘The False Claims Act Today’ in Houston
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: Statistic Sampling and Algorithms
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: Materiality Issues
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: Year in Review
- A Small Crack In High Court’s Pro-Employer FAA Absolutism
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: Ethics
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: Ability to Pay
- Qui Tam 2019 Panel Preview: How to Judge Medical Necessity
- Faced with Conflicting Paths on FAA, High Court Seems Likely to Take Both
- Qui Tam 2019: A Preview from the Co-Chairs
- Oliveira Arguments Portend a Small Victory Against FAA — But Hey, a Victory
- Changing Currents 2018: Experts Panel Preview
- Changing Currents 2018: #MeToo Panel Preview
- Changing Currents 2018: Wage & Hour Panel Preview
- In Epic Systems, Gorsuch Returns Workers to Like-It-or-Lump-It Era
- Top States for Qui Tam Lawsuits
- Somers Retreads the Logic of Lawson — This Time to Opposite Effect
- It’s OK, Whistleblowers Will Always Have SOX
- Statutes of Limitations for Discrimination Claims
- Kickbacks and Medicare Fraud
- Arbitration Agreements And FCA: Lessons From 9th Circ.
- What Will You Learn at Changing Currents 2017?
- Class Waiver Oral Arguments Show Room For Compromise
- Demystifying the Qui Tam Process
- In Private Sector, Transgender Bathroom Policy Is an Easy Call
- Just How Much Can the President Slash the Federal Workforce?
- Shielding Relator’s Identity in Qui Tam Actions: The Landscape After ACA Changes to the False Claims Act
- High Court: When Punishing FCA Seal Violations, Avoid Taxpayer Harm
- Justices Shun Bright-Line Rule for FCA Seal Violations
- Freeing the False Claims Act
- Biggest Test Yet For Statistical Sampling In FCA Cases
- Wells Fargo Shows 3 Deadly Sins Of SOX
- Guest Comment: How to make an election-free zone
- Whistling for the Win in California Labor Code Section 1102.5
- Medical Technology Use Spurs New C-Suite Titles, Which Bring Opportunity and Risk
- The Family and Medical Leave Act: 5 Steps to Safeguard Your Protections
- How to Stop the 2016 Election from Tearing Apart Your Workplace
- The U.S. Military Leading the Charge on Paid Maternity Leave, Opening the Door for More Female Service Members
- Let’s Be Real: Escobar Was a Clear Defeat for FCA Defendants
- Supreme Court Is Poised to Endorse ‘Implied Certification’ in FCA Cases
- Supreme Court Sets a Practical Rule on Forced Resignations
- New Overtime Rule: Could It Push You Into the ‘1099 Economy’?
- In a Bind: The Unintended Consequences of Non-Compete Agreements on Damages Mitigation
- How To Get Your Boss’s Attention — Without Getting Fired
- Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy Creates Circuit Split on Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Protections
- Breast Cancer – Know Your Legal Protections
- Transcendental: Applying existing law to protect transgender people in the workplace
- The Reporting Obligations Of Nurses: They Should Disclose Abuse Cases in Non-Clinical Settings
- 25 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- E pluribus unum: Individual liability in securities fraud cases
- Pulling back the ‘Triple Canopy’ on implied-certification claims under the False Claims Act
- Bring On the Babysitters: Testing the Boundaries of Lawson V. FMR LLC
- The Front Burner: Mandatory Vaccinations for Workers? No: Companies shouldn’t serve as surrogate parents
- Generic Whistleblower Laws Leave Mortgage Workers Underprotected
- Opinion: Discriminatory conditions plaguing Hispanic employees need more exposure
- In EEOC v. Abercrombie Ruling, A Wide Range Of Winners
- The More Important Part of High Court’s KBR Ruling
- Don’t Just ‘Walk it Off’: Protections in the Workplace for Employees With HIV
- Corporate Knowledge Doctrine And The ‘Cat’s Paw’ Theory
- When Banks Don’t Do the Right Thing: Employee Options
- The Greatest Article Ever Written on Puffery!
- Doctors and Lawyers—Employers That Incentivize Good Health May Need to Consult Both
- Dismissiveness of Mental Illness in the Workplace and Protections for Employees
- Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: An overview of employee protections for women in the workplace
- Transcending the Workplace: Sexual Harassment in the 21st Century
- Will 2015 Bring Expanded Liability for Contractors Under the FCA?
- In High Court Hijab Case, Reversal Is Likely
- Supreme Court could legalize employment discrimination
- Incentivizing good health: The legal issues presented by health-contingent wellness plans
- Sounding the Siren on Ambulance Fraud
- Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: An Overview of Employee Protections for Women in the Workplace
- Trends in Anti-Kickback Litigation: What Clinical Laboratories Should Know
- Blow the Whistle
- The Family and Medical Leave Act: Making the Most of Your Protections
- Compensability of preliminary and postliminary activities under Integrity Staffing Solutions Inc. v. Busk
- Even Without Passage, Legislation Could Encourage Unionization
- Moving on? The top 5 steps to take when your company loses a contract
- With All Due Deference: Following the ARB’s Lead in Defining Protected Activity
- Choice of Forum Provisions in Federal Court: Choosing the Battlefield As an Uphill Fight for Pharmaceutical Industry Employees
- When Employers Must Pay Leave Benefits on Employees’ Separation
- Defining Protected Activity Under SOX
- Does the war on terrorism toll the limitations period on contractor fraud?
- Oral Arguments In Young v. UPS Sound Too Close To Call
- Flawed validation tool causes workplace havoc
- No Longer a Remote Possibility
- Government Whistleblowers Deserve Payouts Too
- Forced Arbitration Clauses as Condition of Employment
- States have whistleblower statutes too: A look at Oregon, New Jersey and Delaware
- Oral Arguments Sound Like Protection For Whistleblowers
- With All Due Deference: Following the ARB’s Lead in Defining Protected Activity under SOX
- Back on the Job: Employee Protections Following a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
- Grabbing the bull(y) by the horns
- FIAFEA: The Ace that is Rarely Played
- Workplace Tasks On Trial In Integrity Staffing Arguments
- The Road to Recovery: State False Claims Acts and Fraud in State-Funded Research
- Extraterritoriality And Whistleblower Retaliation: Crossing the Line
- Temporary impairments under the ADAAA and the impact on government contractors
- The importance of being an “employee”
- Leaving with what you brought: Non-compete agreements when you bring your book with you
- The Glass Slipper: Searching For The FCA Case That Fits
- Post-Employment Retaliation: The ‘Gift’ That Keeps on Giving?
- Illinois Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act: What whistleblowers and providers should know
- Teleworking as ‘reasonable accommodation’ no longer a remote possibility
- Where the False Claims Act meets for-profit colleges: 4 hot areas for compliance
- The Best Defense is a Good Offense – Invalidating Non-Competition Agreements when Departing from a Company
- Workplace Bullying: Harassment Without a Protected Class
- Down to the Crossroads: Where Securities Fraud and Fraud Against the Government Meet
- The Game Has Changed for Management: The Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act and Its Applicability to State Entities
- Workplace Rights and Discrimination Laws
- Company liability and employee protections for FCC whistleblowers
- How Defense Offsets Intersect with the FCPA
- Changing Tactics at the DOJ Stand to Permanently Alter the Face of Qui Tam Litigation
- Employers skirt wage requirements
- Where do employee rights start, and how far do they go?
- New Ways To Separate Employee Speech From Citizen Speech
- When Can an Employee Quit and Still Sue for Wrongful Discharge?
- First-Amendment Defenses Against Whistleblowers
- Current trends in EEOC enforcement: Trends that suggest creative and progressive legal arguments
- Workforce Whistleblowing at the Intersection of HIPAA and the False Claims Act
- Act Aims to Bolster Rights of Sexual-Assault Victims in the Military
- The Rebranding Of “But-For” Causation In Title VII Cases
- Comments on the Russell decision by Nicholas Woodfield, principal, The Employment Law Group PC
- After Five Years, Some Authoritative Case Law on the ADAAA’s Broad Sweep
- Whistleblowers in the Intelligence Community
- HR Is Employer’s First Line of Defense Against Lawsuits
- The impact of social communication disorder under the ADA
- Interns at heightened risk of harassment
- Risks In Fighting Whistleblowers Over Confidentiality
- Corporate Counsel: You Might Want To Re-Examine That General Release
- Current Trends in Trade Secret Litigation
- “As You ‘Like’ It”: Ascribing legal significance to social media
- SOX Whistleblowers Find a New Friend In Supreme Court
- Class litigation and arbitration: Effects of Concepcion and Italian Colors on class action employment claims
- Acquiring More Than Just Assets: The Impact of Teed v. Thomas & Betts Power Solutions, LLC
- Given claws by Staub, ‘cat’s paw’ reaches into state courts
- Why the 5th Circ. Was Wrong in Asadi v. GE Energy
- The Effect of the Genesis Healthcare ruling on FLSA collective actions
- Notes On: Can I Be a Whistleblower If I Already Signed a Nondisclosure Agreement?
- MSPB’s Ruling in Chandler Sets Standard for Furlough Appeals
- Proposed CMS Rules Present a New Threat to Habitual Health Care Fraud Offenders
- Supreme Court Seeks Middle Ground For Whistleblowers
- Reasons For Establishing Progressive Discipline Policies
- Investment Advisers Act: The Whistle Heard ‘Round the World
- New Tools to Combat Whistleblower Retaliation
- Hypotheticals Help Explain ACA’s Whistleblower Provisions
- A Closer Look at Presidential Policy Directive 19
- The ABCs of Common Law Wrongful Termination Claims in the Washington Metropolitan Region
- Supervisors Are Not Immune from Liability When Discharging Workers
- Federal Employees, It’s OK To Blow Your Whistle
- Those irresistible coworkers
- 5 Rewards — and Drawbacks — of Being a Whistleblower.
- 5 New Rights for Employees in Same-Sex Marriages
- The False Claims Act Poses Additional Risks To Medical Device Makers
- Is Bullying in the Workplace Illegal?
- Accommodations for Returning Veterans Suffering from PTSD: A Guide for Employers
- ADEA Claims in the Wake of Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
- 2012 Opens The Door For More Whistleblower Participation
- Whistleblower Attorneys: Recent SEC Settlement with Pipeline Inc. May Encourage Dark Pool Trading Suits
- Rewarding Whistleblowers for Disclosing Tax Violations to the IRS
- Finding Ways to Protect IRS Whistleblowers
- Plaintiff’s Counsel Answers FAQ’s on Election Talk in the Workplace
- Smooth Transitions for Servicemembers: USERRA Protections
- Political Discrimination in the Workplace
- A Primer on Employment Discrimination
- Understanding the Ethics of Whistleblowing is Key to Effective Internal Reporting
- Health Care Law Expands False Claims Act Liability Under Anti-Kickback Statute
- More Protection for Whistleblowers
- New Laws Expand Workers’ Rights
- Recent Developments in Qui Tam Litigation – The Rocket Docket News
- The Supreme Court Finds Religion, A Look at Hosanna-Tabor
- More Protection for Whistleblowers
- Employers’ Common Mistakes That Encourage Employees to Seek Legal Advice
- Introduction to the Federal Security Clearance Process
- Blowing the Whistle
- DC’s Amended Whistleblower Protection Act: The Gold Standard for Public Sector Whistleblower Protection
- The SEC’s New Rules for the Dodd-Frank Whistle-blower Program
- Drafting and Negotiating Executive Employment Agreement
- Representing Whistleblowers Under the False Claims Act
- Whistleblowers: What Protections And Forms of Relief Are Available For Foreign-Based Employees
- Use of Early Focus Groups In Employment Cases
- Whistleblower Protection In New Food Safety Bill
- Grim Consequences for Spoliation of Evidence
- The Maryland False Health Care Claims Act of 2010
- DMD Extends FLSA’s Prohibition of Retaliation to Mistaken but Good Faith Complaints to a State Agency
- Maryland Workplace Fraud Act and the Misclassification of Construction and Landscaping Employees
- Court of Appeals Clarifies the Scope of Protected Conduct Under Maryland Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act, Provides Insight into Maryland Public Policy
- CHANGING CURRENTS IN EMPLOYMENT LAW 2010: RECENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS
- Discovery Strategies and Challenges in Family and Medical Leave Cases
- New Tools to Combat Whistleblower Retaliation
- Litigating Claims Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- Whistleblower Provisions Of The Dodd-Frank Act
- Whistleblower Protections in the Finance Reform Bill
- Whistleblower Protections Under Health Care Bill
- Put Your Case On A Budget With Early Focus Groups
- Combating Claims of Computer Fraud and Abuse
- Federal Whistleblower Protections for Transportation Employees
- SOX: A Robust Remedy For Whistleblowers
- Representing Whistleblowers in Adler Wrongful Discharge Actions
- Questions and Answers About the Qui Tam Provision of the False Claims Act
- Strategies for Defending Against Non-Compete Litigation
- DOL ARB Decision Reinvigorates Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection
- Blowing the Whistle on Tax Fraud Reaps Rewards
- Stimulus Fund Safeguards for Whistleblowers
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
- New Protections for Consumer Safety Whistleblowers
- Win for Whistleblowers
- Wage and Hour Laws
- About the False Claims Act
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower Retaliation Provision
- The Umpires Strike Back
- Protecting the Whistleblower
- Seven Questions For Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers To Ask
- SOX’s Whistleblower Provision–Promise Unfulfilled
- Six Steps to Limiting Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Liability
- Representing Whistleblowers
- Protect the Whistleblower
- Whistleblower Protections in the Nonprofit Sector
- Whistleblower Protection Programs for Associations
- Minimizing the Risk of Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
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- DOJ Announces Its FCA Enforcement Priorities for 2024: Cybersecurity, COVID-19, and Healthcare Fraud
- Justices’ Whistleblower Ruling May Reverberate Beyond SOX
- Discrimination complaints unfold in wake of Capitol agency scandal
- Employee to Lawyer Episode: Qui Tam/Federal Employment Law
- California nursing facility agrees to pay $3.8 million for alleged kickbacks to doctors
- High Court Whistleblower Case Is Bigger Than Wall Street
- Lafayette rehab hospital, doctor agree to pay $1.7 million settlement for false Medicare claims
- Understanding Your Rights: A Guide to Requesting Disability Accommodations at Work
- Landmark FCA Showdown Looking Like Defense Bar Letdown
- Severance agreements just became more favorable to workers. Here’s what that means for employers
- McLean Contractor Agrees To Pay $742K To Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit
- You’ve been laid off — now what? Here are 3 steps to take if you lose your job
- Florida health care firm agrees to $7M settlement over Medicare claims
- How to Fight Back Against Age Discrimination
- Ex-Fundraising Exec Hits Rutgers With Racial Bias Suit
- Northridge doctor agrees to pay nearly $9.5 million to settle healthcare fraud lawsuit
- Escalation of the Supreme Court’s leak probe puts clerks in a ‘no-win’ situation
- The Long, Hard Road of Fighting Age Bias in the Workplace
- FDIC attorney sues federal agency for gender pay discrimination
- Whistleblower Attorneys Are Looking Beyond Safety Law Boundaries
- When and Why You Might Need an Attorney
- KeyPoint, Whistleblower Settle SecurityClearance Fraud Suit
- Lockheed Can’t Evade All Of Black Ex-Exec’s Bias Suit
- Bad bosses? 5 rotten apple red flags and what to do next
- FBA’s 2022 Qui Tam Conference Puts Annual Spotlight on FCA Enforcement Trends and Developments
- 6 Breyer Opinions & Dissents Employment Attys Should Know
- ‘A problem with women’: CSL hit with gender discrimination claim
- As Businesses Reopen, Workplace Testing Is the ‘Wild West’
- Booster Mandates Are a Tough Call for States, Businesses
- Your Questions About Non-Solicitation Agreements, Answered
- Nurse practitioner alleges wrongful termination over billing dispute
- Risky Business: How should HR professionals respond if company leaders ask them to do something illegal or unethical?
- 3 compliance tips from perennial SHRM favorites
- Biden Vaccine Mandate Should Withstand Legal Challenges, Experts Say
- 5 Ways HR Can Help Avoid a Lawsuit
- Can HR get ahead of rising whistleblowing, ageism complaints?
- VERIFY: Yes, it’s legal for private businesses to require vaccines
- VERIFY: Yes, if you are fired for not getting a required vaccine, you can be denied unemployment benefits
- What companies can and can’t do when trying to increase diversity
- Federal jury awards $2.4 million in damages to fired AstraZeneca sales manager who alleged retaliation for whistleblowing
- Chesterfield official requiring all employees to be vaccinated: Termination is last resort
- Can your boss mandate you get a COVID vaccine? The answer might surprise you.
- DC Council passes emergency COVID-19 response bill to protect employees
- What Are Your Workers’ Rights During Coronavirus?
- Years Later, Women Still Fight Walmart Over Discrimination
- Whistleblower Gets New Go at FCA Suit Against Gov’t Vendor
- Casino Dealer Says Tip Pool Flouts FLSA In Quick Win Bid
- “Revoking” a security clearance is not as simple as Trump made it sound. Battles could play out for years, lawyers say.
- From ‘Crushed’ To Celebratory: The Two Sides Of The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case React
- News4 interviews David Scher, attorney for Silver Line whistleblower
- Plaintiffs Will Pick Up Labor Enforcement Slack: Study
- Wells Fargo Fraud Case Could Help Reshape Whistleblower Program
- Personnel Moves May Expose Pruitt To Whistleblower Claims
- Ambulance firm, PRMC under federal Medicare fraud investigation
- Whistleblowing, Leaking, and Employment Discrimination
- When Is Sexual Harassment a Crime?
- Federal workers on edge over Trump call for firing power
- #MeToo Push May Not Translate To More Harassment Suits
- Minnesota dermatologist to pay $850,000 to settle Medicare fraud claim
- W.Va. Casino Raids Tip Pool To Fund Time Off, Dealers Say
- Court says therapy service can’t arbitrate whistleblower case
- What You Say Will Be Held Against You
- “False Claims Act Today” CLE attracts heavy hitters in law
- Former pit manager files whistleblower suit against Hollywood Casino
- Bass Pro to pay $10.5 million to settle hiring discrimination claims
- Lawyers Share Their Favorite Podcasts
- SEC Dealt Major Blow With Justices’ Disgorgement Decision
- What can managers do when love blossoms between employees?
- Mnuchin’s Former Bank Pays $89 Million to Settle Mortgage Claims
- UVA responds to gender discrimination suit
- Raytheon Faces Retaliation Suit Over NOAA Subcontract
- U-Va. official sues school for alleged gender discrimination
- Contractor Whistle-Blower Reprisal Claims Set to Rise
- Lufthansa Unit, Aircraft Co. Reach $1.1M Deal In OT Row
- Tentative settlement reached in Maryland State Police trooper’s suit
- Politics in the Workplace
- ManTech to pay $2M in damages to former employees alleging retaliation
- Jury smacks ManTech with $2.1M in damages for firing whistleblowers
- Bellmorite sues Capitol Police for sex discrimination
- Have a divided post-election workplace? Here’s how to handle it.
- How to make an election-free zone
- Lesbian trooper sues Md. police over bias complaint
- Free Speech on Political Views in the Workplace: Maybe, Maybe Not
- Downfall of ITT Technical Institutes Was a Long Time in the Making
- Whistleblower: Collapse of ITT offers ‘a final sense of justice’
- ITT Schools in the U.S. Close Their Doors
- Fla. Eye Center, Owner Pay $1M For Overbilling Medicare
- Local whistleblower successful in court after calling out her boss for Medicare fraud
- Lake Worth eye doctor to settle Medicare fraud claim for $1 million
- Eye doctor and singer — aka Anayya Von Kitten — to pay $1M to feds for Medicare overbilling
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- The War on Medicare Fraud
- Building a Business of Law
- Justices Offer Clarity For Constructive Discharge Timeline
- High Court Nixes ‘Last Discriminatory Act’ Ruling
- Downside of Noncompetes: Higher Damages
- Attorney Predictions Lead Toward Supreme Court Tie in FCA Battle
- Justices Search for Limits of False Claims Act Liability
- Time to Update Marijuana Policies, Attorney Says
- David Scher Joins Bryan Crabtree to Discuss Healthcare and the Religious Liberty Bill
- Can you fire an employee for using pot? Finally, some clarity on the issue
- 21st Century Oncology settles whistle-blower lawsuit
- Lawsuits filed under potentially lucrative California, Illinois insurer fraud laws may increase
- Federal judge rules against Lufthansa in restoration pay lawsuit
- Snowed-In Hotel Worker Loses Job
- Hate Speech
- Questionable Practices at Corinthian Colleges
- Whistleblower suit against for-profit college charges schemes against students
- CLE Sneak Peek: Changing Currents in Employment Law 2015
- Whistleblower Wins U.S. Appeals Court Victory; Split Created
- David Scher Talks, “Kim Davis, Released From Kentucky Jail”
- The Anti-Gay Kentucky County Court Clerk: Why she is hurting conservatives with her actions
- Providers Must Tread Carefully if Patient Objects to Caregiver
- The Morning Risk Report: Multi-Pronged Employment Crackdown Underway
- Hillary’s Email Woes
- Top 15 High Court Employment Rulings Of The Past 15 Years
- Legal Gay Marriage: What are the legal consequences for your business or Church?
- Excelitas Stuck In $13M FCA Suit Over Switches For Military
- Supreme Court favors Muslim woman in Abercrombie discrimination suit
- Religious Headscarf Ruling Leaves Questions Unanswered
- Federal fraud trial begins against Armet Armored Vehicles
- What the Supreme Court’s Abercrombie ruling could mean for pregnant women in the workplace
- The Morning Risk Report: Supreme Court’s Catch-22 for Employers
- Supreme Court: Applicant’s religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, can’t be factor in employment decisions
- Whistleblower exposes problems with government war contractors
- Whistleblower reforms turn tide against employers
- Moves To Protect Workers From Financial Loss But May Cost Some Thousands
- Marijuana Legalization 2015: As States Become More Pot-Friendly, Feds Warn Employees Not To Light Up
- Nurses’ Whistleblowing Protected Under FCA, 4th Circ. Says
- Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, TOP STORY—U.S.: Wartime statute doesn’t suspend limitations period for qui tam suits; dismissed actions don’t count under FCA’s first-to-file bar
- Supreme Court says EEOC conciliation process is subject to judicial review
- Experts weigh in on Mach Mining: EEOC conciliation efforts subject to only minimal review, toothless remedy
- EEOC Must Try To Resolve Complaints Before Suing, Supreme Court Says
- Legal Experts Weigh in on Supreme Court’s EEOC Ruling
- Pregnant women sue Raley’s, alleging discrimination
- Former Lockheed employee prevails over company in retaliation lawsuit
- Lockheed must pay Hispanic former Marine pilot $830,000 in retaliation suit
- Texas District Court Enjoins FMLA Same-Sex Spouse Rule
- ADA Interactive Process: It Sounds Easy, So Why Is It Hard?
- Supreme Court hears argument in Muslim woman’s discrimination suit against Abercrombie
- Public notice, comment unnecessary for rule interpretation changes, Supreme Court says
- Ex-Lockheed employee gets $830K in retaliation suit
- Md.: $830,000 Awarded Against Lockheed for Retaliation
- Ex-Lockheed Employee Wins Verdict In National Original Suit
- Legal pot? Not for federal workers
- Even if It’s Legal in D.C., No Pot Allowed for Federal Employees
- DOL Wins Rule-Making Battle, But Deference Rift Lingers
- Denuncia por discriminación podría cambiar el rumbo de la ley laboral
- Supreme Court to Weigh Employer’s Responsibility in Avoiding Discrimination
- Anti-gay bill does not give preachers new protection
- Judge rules former Auburn airplane mechanic can expand lawsuit to other mechanics
- Dave Scher WIBW Interview on LGBT Issues
- Whistleblower’s FCA Claims Over Shoddy Gun Trucks Revived
- Suspect in federal fraud case fighting extradition
- David Scher Quoted in Law360
- High Court’s Refusal To Hear PAGA Case To Spur New Fights
- Whistleblower talks about local defense contractor’s fraud
- 5 Questions Weighing On Whistleblower Lawyers In 2015
- What Happens To Uber Drivers And Other Sharing Economy Workers Injured On The Job?
- NLRB Charges McDonald’s as Joint Employer with Franchisees
- NLRB Charges McDonald’s as Joint Employer with Franchisees
- EDITORIAL: These are some stars of this holiday season
- Glenolden whistleblower helps stop $1.2 million embezzlement scam
- NLRB Files Complaints Against McDonald’s
- Tech’s push to “disrupt” workers is a legal & social timebomb
- As RFRA Sits In Senate, Disagreements On Potential Implications Continue
- Same-Sex Marriage Gets Green Light in More States
- Rule Prohibiting LGBT Discrimination Requires Some Contractor Action
- AWTR Show 499: Knowing the Laws that Protect Military
- GOP, Obama Could Team Up on Whistleblower Protections
- Breaking Down Employment Barriers
- LinkedIn Will Ultimately Win Its Lawsuit, Says Employment Lawyer David Scher
- Law360 Interviewed Principal & Firm General Counsel Nicholas Woodfield on Random Drug Testing
- Transgender Army Employee Wins Landmark Gender Identity Case. An Exclusive Interview with David Scher
- 3 Tips For Keeping Noncompetes in Check
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Balancing Public Health and Workers’ Rights
- Does CDC Need More Authority to Enforce Its Own Ebola Protocols?
- CLE Sneak Peak: Changing Currents in Employment Law 2014
- Post-Firing Evidence Can Be A Potent Limit On Bias Damages
- Excelitas Whistleblower Fights To Keep $13M FCA Suit
- Better than a pink ribbon: Laws protect breast cancer patients from losing jobs, benefits
- Putting our health care workers at risk
- Feinstein Sends Obama a Letter Urging Action on Federal Equality
- Principal and Firm General Counsel Nicholas Woodfield talks about Supreme Court Case Integrity v. Busk with CBS MoneyWatch
- Same-Sex Marriage Gets Green Light in More States
- Law360 interviews Nicholas Woodfield On Why Wi-Fi Is Useful To Lawyers In The Courtroom
- Do’s And Don’ts For Lucrative SEC Whistleblower Tips
- Center and doctors to pay out in lawsuit
- Southside woman gets $60,000 for blowing whistle on sleep clinic
- Firm Will Regret Not Firing Atty Over Anti-Gay Email: Experts Say
- DOL Take On SOX Getting Fed. Court Deference, Lawyers Say
- Ex-Employee Hits Excelitas With $13M False Claims Act Suit
- Contractor Wins Partial Toss Of Shoddy-Truck FCA Suit
- Whistleblower Says Northrop Knew it Would Miss USPS Order
- 5 Questions Before Cos. Enter Worker Arbitration Deals
- The Morning Risk Report: Tale of Two Whistleblowers
- 4 Signs You’re Being Sexually Harassed at Work Without Knowing It
- On the anniversary of the ADA, some say barriers still remain
- Hiring Process Just Got Dicier: For Firms, Applicants, Any Talk of Employer’s Religious Beliefs Is Legal Minefield
- How Hobby Lobby Decision Will Affect Job Recruiting
- Supreme Court backs Hobby Lobby’s religious objection to contraception use
- Amidst crisis, CFPB quietly offers legal services to worried managers
- High Court Rules Public Workers Can Testify
- High Court Ruling To Chill Public Worker Retaliation
- 2nd Circ. May Create Split On Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Shield
- No looking the other way
- Pundits question whether McAllister can win re-election after video showing kiss with staffer
- People on the Move: Tom Harrington
- The Employment Law Group practices what it preaches as first night-student law clerk is named firm principal
- Calif. Court To Weigh If Workers’ Lies Can End Their Suits
- Supreme Court broadens whistle-blower status, mutual fund firms on alert
- Supreme Court Expands Whistleblower Protections
- S. Ct.: SOX whistleblower provision extends to public company’s private contractors
- High Court Ruling To Spur Rise In SOX Whistleblower Cases
- Big Pharma’s Gender Headaches
- Both Sides Claim Victory in 5th Circuit SOX Row
- EEOC Sues Less, but Tactics Draw Flak
- WHAG Reports On Lawsuit Alleging Animal Abuse at Humane Society of Washington County, MD
- WJLA ABC 7 Interviews Plaintiff of the Employment Law Group About Animal Abuse Allegations at Humane Society of Washington County, MD
- DC-Area Media Cover Alleged Animal Abuse Case Involving The Employment Law Group
- 4th Circ. Says Expanded ADA Covers Temporary Impairments
- Former Employee Files Suit Against Washington County Humane Society
- Justices Won’t Weigh Notice Rule For Removal To Fed. Court
- Whistleblower Ruling May Make Workers Clam Up
- California Immigrant Attorney’s Win Cuts Path for Other States
- Employment Cases to Watch in 2014
- Litigators Say ACA, Shaky Economy Will Spur Suits in 2014
- Oral Arguments Heard in Supreme Court Whistleblower Case
- Attorney: Supreme Court Leaning Toward Maintaining Fed Whistleblower Rights
- A Supreme Court Question: Who Gets Whistleblower Protections
- ENDA Likely To Run Aground In The House
- High Court SOX Case To Put Labor Department In Spotlight
- Scapegoating sours workplace and often leads to upheaval
- Employers Win Again On Scope of US Whistleblower Law
- For the Under-banked, Payroll Cards Have Two Faces
- Bigger payouts seen for U.S. financial market whistleblowers
- Employment Pacts No Match For Whistleblower Protections
- Hired to Clean GW Dorms, Workers Fight Company to Recover Wages
- California Immigrant Worker Bill Opens Door To More Wage Fights
- Energy Cos. Brace For DOL Crackdown As Worker Deaths Rise
- Bosses: Avoid These 8 Behaviors That Scare Employees
- Whistleblower Says Contractor Sold Faulty Gun Trucks To US
- Whistleblower or Traitor?
- A Closer Look at Presidential Policy Directive 19
- Why Whistleblowers Are Needed And What To Do If You Are One
- Lawmakers Look to Place Limits on IRS Power in Wake of EO Controversy
- Manning Ruling Has Broad Implications for Leakers and Press
- The Trouble With Negative Employer Reviews
- Judge says lawsuit in Bethesda prep school discrimination case can proceed
- NY AG’s Payroll Card Inquiry Makes Way for Nationwide Suits
- Snowden’s Options Narrowing
- Retroactive Ruling Gives Federal Whistleblowers a Boost
- Diplomatic Relations Tested in Search for Snowden
- Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S.
- Snowden the whistleblower? Not exactly
- NSA Leaks Put Booz Allen, Employee In DOJ’s Crosshairs
- Scott Oswald Discusses Leader Edward Snowden
- The right way for hotel to suggest an accessible room
- Appeals court reinstates judgement against Germantown company
- Embattled IRS staff remain in jobs despite U.S. tax review scandal
- What to Do When Your Employees Get Romantic
- 6 Tips For Keeping Whistleblower Complaints In-House
- DOL Ruling Makes SOX Whistleblower Cases Harder To Beat
- Examiner Local Editorial: Corrupt MWAA hasn’t changed a bit
- 3rd Circ. Lowers Bar For SOX Whistleblowers In Tyco Case
- Walk, Don’t Run: Experts Advise Prudence and Caution for Potential Whistleblowers
- New Post Empowers Contract Fraud’s Biggest Senate Foe
- NYC’s FCA No Friend To Private Plaintiffs, Lawyers Say
- Justices block lawsuit over foreign intelligence surveillance
- A Battle for My Rights and My Life: Learning About the Family Medical Leave Act and How to Survive
- Ex-BAE Manager Files FCA Suit Over Retaliation
- Warnings to Lie Low Supported Retaliation Claim
- Kabul Embassy Guards Sue Security Co. For Unpaid Overtime
- Cancer Survivor Allegedly Fired for Taking Medical Leave
- DOL’s Whistleblower-Friendly SOX Approach Faces Key Tests
- Woman claims she was fired because she had cancer: Vivienne Parra files lawsuit against ex-employer
- Calif.’s New Employment Credit Rules Could Curb Tax Abuses
- NDAA Whistleblower Rules Expose More Cos. To Complaints
- Q&A: ‘But-For’ Standard Keeps Plaintiffs’ Lawyers on Their Toes
- FCA Suit Over Defense Contractor’s Afghan Work Grows
- After ABC News Report, Senator Calls for Probe of ‘Drunk’ Security Contractors
- Video shows contractors drunk, high in Afghanistan
- Video: Wasted Security Men Jeopardize US-Afghan Relations
- Court Awards Whistleblower $820,000: A jury finds that UVA wrongfully fired a researcher for reporting that his supervisor altered an NIH grant budget
- Drunk Contractors Video from Jorge Scientific Dominates Lawsuit
- Drunk contractors cause harm in Afghanistan, lawsuit alleges
- Industry Talk: Video Of Drunk, Stoned Jorge Scientific Contractors Puts Company On The Skyline
- Video of drunken and stoned U.S. private contractors in Afghanistan appears in the web
- New video shows US contractors in Kabul drunk, high on drugs
- US military contractors ‘went on a drink and drug binge in Kabul’
- Ex-employees of private security firm in Afghanistan sue over ‘frat house’ behavior
- Disturbing Video Shows U.S. Defense Contractors Allegedly Drunk and on Drugs in Afghanistan
- U.S. contractors allegedly drunk in video
- Attorney: Military Contractor Whistleblowers Videotaped ‘Animal House On Steroids’ In Afghanistan
- Pigs At The Trough, Etc.
- Attorney: Military Contractor Whistleblowers Videotaped ‘Animal House On Steroids’ In Afghanistan
- Shocking video ‘shows U.S. security contractors drunk and high in Afghanistan while on $47m contract to protect American lives against terror attacks’
- US Army launches probe over video showing security contractors drunk in Afghanistan
- Spreading Freedom, Democracy: Video Shows Drunk, Stoned US Security Contractors in Afghanistan
- Contractors Are Still Partying on the Job in Kabul
- Video shows contractors gone wild in Afghanistan
- ABC Video Shows Drunk, High U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Footage Appears To Show Drunken, Stoned U.S. Security Contractors
- Damning Video Shows US Security Contractors Getting Drunk And Stoned In Afghanistan
- ABC Exclusive: Video Shows Drunk, Stoned US Defense Contractors
- US mercenaries drunk, on drugs, in Afghanistan
- Video Shows ‘Staggeringly’ Drunk, Stoned US Security Contractors in Afghanistan
- UVA Whistleblower Nets Award In FCA Suit Over Health Grant
- Exclusive: Video Shows Drunk, Stoned US Defense Contractors
- Whistleblower wins unfair contract termination suit: Court ruling awards former laboratory researcher more than $800,000, finds unfair contract termination
- Jury awards $800,000 to U.Va. researcher
- UVa whistleblower wins $820,000 in federal lawsuit
- Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Ruling May Spark Retaliation Suits
- Judge Backs Broad Whistleblower Definition Under Dodd-Frank
- 2012 Labor & Employment Law Firm of the Year
- The Best Lawyers in America
- R. Scott Oswald selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
- Fed. Circ. Limits Federal Workers’ Employment Appeal Rights
- Defense Contractors Face Rising Wave Of Retaliation Claims
- Shootings turn focus on bias against Sikhs
- ADEA claims in the Wake of Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc
- Smith v. Duke Energy
- Demanda por discriminación en escuela de MD
- The New Age Discrimination? New hiring practices could marginalize longtime unemployed older Americans
- Former CEO alleges discrimination in lawsuit against Landon School
- Elite Private School Accused of Racial Epithets, Bullying Of Hispanic Workers
- Timothy Harrison of Taneytown, Md., alleges culture of discrimination against Hispanics at Landon School in Bethesda, Md
- OSHA Steps Up Efforts To Revamp Whistleblower Program
- Senate Bill Would Boost Whistleblowers’ Chances In Court
- Adam Augustine Carter and Nicholas Woodfield selected as 2012 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers
- SEC Whistleblower Reveal Won’t Sink Program, Attys Say
- Labor Abuse — Or a Golden Opportunity?
- More whistleblowers are reporting tax fraud, but cases moving slowly
- Too Fat to Work?
- Maryland becomes first state to ban employers from asking for social media passwords
- Augusta National Golf Club’s Men-Only Policy Draws Criticism of Discrimination Against Women in the Workplace
- How Master’s Golf Course Policy Could Affect All Working Women
- If you want a job, step on the scale first
- Texas hospital says fat people need not apply
- Going gray at work can be risky for some women, and men
- Gray is the new black – but not in the office
- Is Gray Hair OK on the Job? Civil Rights Lawyer Sees Risks, Plaintiff Claims Bias
- Whistling While You Work
- Why we keep hitting send on damning e-mails
- OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program Review: Findings and Recommendations
- Calif. Arbitration Rulings Seek To Dodge Concepcion
- Whistleblower Claims Fueled by Unemployment
- Recent Developments in Qui Tam Litigation
- When Can Agencies Monitor Your Email? FDA Case Sparks Debate Over Policy
- Work and Politics
- Whistle-blowers Sue VA, Claim Reprisal
- Capital Insider Interviews Attorney Adam Augustine Carter About What Employees Should Know for 2012
- Credit Checks: Weight Employers’ Risks against Job Seekers’ Rights
- TELG Principal Attorney R. Scott Oswald Interviewed by King 5 Seattle News on the Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Scandal
- Reports: One Cain Accuser Got $45K, Other Got $35K
- Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal
- OSHA Changes To SOX Whistleblower Regs Go Too Far: Attys
- Herman Cain sexual harassment affair
- Revival of SOX Case Stokes Confidentiality Concerns
- SOX Whistleblower Decision Creates Employer Problems
- Are there enough private crimes in Michigan to warrant beefing up the state’s False Claims Act?
- Transgender Discrimination – Should America Be On The Lookout For A New Pattern Of Hate Crimes?
- Beware of Private Payers That Offer Deals Too Good to Be True – Result Could Be Fraud
- Montgomery County jury awards Glen Burnie woman $650K in suit against her Germantown employer
- Social media cases on the rise
- Ugly? You may have a case
- Law protects some social media comments
- Can Facebook get you Fired? Watch what you say about your employer on social media
- Contagion: Why Your Company Needs a Succession Plan
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- Nevada Department of Human Resources v.Hibbs
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- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v.Green
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- Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean
- Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
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- Integrity Staffing Solutions v.Busk
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- P.C. Yonkers, Inc. v. Celebrations the Party and Seasonal Superstore, LLC
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- U.S. ex rel. Welch v. My Left Foot Children’s Therapy: Opinion on Motion to Compel Arbitration
- Young v. CHS Middle East: Order Reversing Dismissal
- MacGregor v. Farmers Insurance Exchange: Order Denying Summary Judgment
- Fink v. R&L Transfer, Inc.: Decision on Appeal
- Griebel v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.: Decision on Appeal
- Aquino v. Department of Homeland Security: Opinion and Order
- Memorandum Opinion
- WEINTRAUB V. MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY OF ST. MARY’S, INC.
- Randolph v. ADT Memorandum Opinion
- FINK V. RICHMOND
- Staub v. Proctor Hospital: Opinion of the Supreme Court
- Lawson v. FMR: Order of Trial Court
- Lawson v. FMR: Opinion on Appeal
- Jackson v. Edgewood Management: Opinion on Appeal
- MILLER V. WASHINGTON WORKPLACE
- Ruling Draws Attention to Federal Research Grant Abuse in Higher Education
- RICHARD KRAMER v. TRANS-LUX CORP
- Angela Vanburen v. Stephen A. Grubb
- William Villanueva Complaint Against Core Laboratories NV and Saybolt De Colombia Limitada
- SANDRA YOUNG v. VIABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
- NING SHEN v ERIC SHINSEKI Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-16
- PAUL H. FELDMAN, and MARTIN L. PERRY v. LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
- DOJ ARB rules that Dodd-Frank Clarifies Whistleblower Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Kennedy v. VA Tech Memorandum Opinion
- Randolph v. ADT
- Stone v. Instrumentation Laboratory Company
- Inman v. Klockner-Pentaplast
- KALKUNTE v. DVI FINANCIAL SERVICES Decision and Order
- Matthew R. Drake v. Agency for International Development, Agency.
- Kalkunte v. DVI Financial Services
- Marjorie Murtagh Cooke v. the United States
- Amos v. District of Columbia Civil Action No. 08-554
- Jason Mann v. Heckler & Koch Defense, Inc.
- MATTHEW R. DRAKE v. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Mace v. Domash Memorandum Opinion and Order
- Adde vs. The United States
- Leznik v. Nektar Therepeutics, Inc.
- Fago v. M & T MORTGAGE CORPORATION
- Sharer v. Tandberg, Inc.
- SHAFFER V. ACS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.
- Scheerer v. U.S. Attorney General
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- NJ May Ban Secrecy Deals in Whistleblower Suits Involving Public Officials
- The Week in Whistleblowing
- SEC Whistleblowers Have a Stake in Kokesh Case
- The Week in Whistleblowing
- Nation’s Largest Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges Loses Federal Recognition
- Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds ARB Decision in Favor of Truck Driver Who was Fired After He Abandoned His Disabled Vehicle to Avoid Freezing to Death
- Whistleblower Exposes Hedge Fund for Misleading Investors
- Michigan Court Upholds Right to Pursue FRSA Cases in Federal Court
- ARB Upholds “Reasonable Belief” Standard for Fraud Claims Under SOX
- ARB Resolves a 20 Year Dispute Involving Racially Motivated Hiring at Bank of America
- Connecticut District Court Applies Dodd-Frank Retroactively and Sends SOX Whistleblower Case to Trial
- Whistleblowers Awarded $24 Million in Nursing Home Fraud Settlement
- Supreme Court Is Poised to Endorse ‘Implied Certification’ in FCA Cases
- Federal Judge in Tennessee Reiterates “Permissive Threshold” of Contributing Factor Standard in Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
- DOL Administrative Review Board Member Calls for ARB to Determine Whether Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Apply to Whistleblower Cases
- District Court, in Case Against Moody’s, Leaves the Door Open for Claims Against Rating Agencies Under the False Claims Act
- Public Employees Fired for Filing Whistleblower Suit
- Judge Holds that SOX and Dodd-Frank Allow Individual Director Liability
- What’s It Like to Be a Whistleblower? An Interview with Dr. Ting
- Whistleblower Petitions to Force SEC to Respond to Dodd-Frank Award Claim
- Senate Judiciary Leadership Seeks to Enhance Protection for FBI Whistleblowers
- GAO Report Urges Enhanced IRS Whistleblower Protections
- Former Viacom Executive Files Suit for Alleged “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Tax Evasion Scheme
- Pending Legislation Seeks to Expand Whistleblower Protections
- SEC Paid $37 Million to Whistleblowers in FY 2015
- Sen. McCaskill Requests Briefing on Admiral Accused of Whistleblower Retaliation
- A Crucial Debate on Constructive Discharge
- Fourth Circuit Holds that Suit Alleging Racial Discrimination Does Not Bar Later Suit for Unlawful FRSA Retaliation
- OSC Investigations Lead to Settlements in Two Whistleblower Cases
- Justice Dept. Talks Tough on White-Collar Crime — Ends “Too Big to Jail”
- Settlement Talks Underway in First Case Interpreting the ACA’s 60-Day Repayment Provision
- Connecticut Supreme Court Grants Constitutional Protection to Whistleblowers in the Public and Private Sectors
- Fourth Circuit Will Rule on Use of Sampling to Establish FCA Liability
- Federal Court Approves IRS’s Widened Use of “John Doe” Summonses to Identify Tax Evaders
- Washington Whistleblower Uses State Supreme Court Ruling to Restore Retaliation Claims
- Circuits Split on Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Protections
- Despite Recent Scrutiny, Whistleblower Retaliation at the VA Remains a Critical Problem
- MSPB Holds that Hostile Work Environment is an Adverse Action under the Whistleblower Protection Act
- OSHA Encourages Nationwide Adoption of “Early Resolution” ADR in Whistleblower Cases
- Recent Decisions Bring Focus to The Seaman’s Protection Act
- August Whistleblower Rewards Include $2.2 Million in Medical Fraud Case
- Recent Actions Highlight OSHA’s Role in Enforcing Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Laws
- D.C. Circuit Holds Trial Court Cannot “Divine” Reasons for Summary Judgment Not Offered by Movant
- Doctor Who Gave Chemotherapy to Healthy Patients Gets 45 Years in Prison
- Government seeks $3.35 billion from Novartis for violations of AKS and FCA
- Grassley Urges Stronger Policing of Medicare Advantage
- New Jersey Supreme Court Extends Whistleblower Protections to “Watchdog” Employees
- Third Circuit District Courts Split on Kick-Out Actions Brought After Final Agency Decisions
- Favorable Jury Verdict for DuPont Tossed Because DuPont Withheld Evidence
- Fourth Circuit Holds that Single Discriminatory Incident Can Give Rise to a Hostile Work Environment
- US Senator Opens Email Address For Government Whistleblowers
- Contract to Share Qui Tam Awards is Enforceable
- ARB Reverses ALJ and Finds Pilot Engaged In Protected Activity Under AIR-21
- Supreme Court to Hear Key Employment Law Cases in October 2015 Term
- Multi-Agency Guide Updates LGBT Discrimination Protections for Federal Workers
- District Court Upholds Disability Claim for Employer’s Failure to Perform an Individualized Inquiry into Employee’s Medical Condition
- DaVita to Pay $450 Million to Settle Wasted Medication Allegations
- Canada’s Securities Commission Adopts U.S. Whistleblower Reward Framework
- Fourth Circuit Holds that McDonnell-Douglas Survives Nassar for Prima Facie Retaliation Cases
- Sixth Circuit Finds Teleworking a Reasonable Accommodation Depending on the Situation
- SEC Awards Whistleblower Maximum Possible Share of Settlement in Dodd-Frank Retaliation Case
- Middle District of Florida Affirms Use of Statistical Sampling in Qui Tam Actions
- Whistleblower Not Obligated to Produce Evidence of Retaliatory Termination
- SEC Awards $1.5 Million to Compliance Officer
- ARB Rules Airline Workers Exempt From Arbitration
- Fourth Circuit Interprets ADAAA Broadly in Overturning Summary Judgment
- Two Senators Launch Bipartisan Whistleblower Protection Caucus
- Home Health Care Fraud on the Rise
- ARB Affirms Dismissal of Standard-Setting Case
- South Carolina Holds FCA’s First-to-File Rule Overcome by Previous Voluntary Dismissal
- Federal Court in South Carolina Holds That A Complaint Is Not Barred by The FCA’s First-to-File Rule If the Earlier-Filed Complaint was Voluntary Dismissed
- Adverse Action Extends to Employee Sent Home to Obtain Medical Release
- Adverse Action Extends to Employee Sent Home to Obtain Medical Release
- First Circuit Holds Healthcare Facility’s Use of Unlicensed Staff Violates the False Claims Act
- Eleventh Circuit Adopts False Certification Theory of FCA Claims
- Appeals Court Rules that First Amendment Protects NYPD Officer from Retaliation for Opposing Stop-and-Frisk Quotas
- Federal Court in New York Rules that SOX Protects Post-Employment Disclosures and Prevents Post-Employment Retaliation
- Obesity Qualifies as a Disability under the ADA
- MetLife Home Loans to Pay $123.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Mortgage Lending Fraud
- Dow Chemical and CEO Settle SOX Whistleblower’s Retaliation Suit
- Fourth Circuit Holds SOX Retaliation Plaintiffs May Recover Emotional Distress Damages
- Round-Up of Recent Qui Tam Settlements
- New York Attorney General Proposes State Equivalent of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of California Ruling that Arbitration Agreements Cannot Waive Claims Under the State’s Private Attorneys General Act
- Florida Court Says Facebook Posts May Not Be Private
- DC Court of Appeals Upholds $300,000 Award to DC Employee Harassed for Giving Truthful Testimony
- SEC’s FY 2016 Budget Request Lauds Whistleblower Program and Predicts Its Growth
- Fourth Circuit Holds that Disclosure to the Government is Not a “Public Disclosure” and Reinstates Long-Running Qui Tam Case
- Maryland Attorney General Urges Adoption of Expanded State False Claims Act
- $25 Million Settlement Shows DOJ Focus on Home HealthCare Fraud
- Sixth Circuit Rules that Job Applicants not Covered by Whistleblower Statutes
- Eighth Circuit Holds Planned RIF Does Not Bar Reinstatement of Fired Whistleblower
- Companies Settle FCA Case for $4 Million for Failure to Pay Workers Prevailing Wage
- Department of Labor Administrative Review Board Upholds Compensatory Damages Award Based on Unrebutted Psychiatrist Testimony
- Whistleblowers Get $435 Million in FCA Awards in 2014 — Taxpayers Get Nearly $6 Billion
- Federal District Court Refuses To Dismiss Case Based on the Public Disclosure Bar When the Government Has Opposed Dismissal On that Basis
- DOJ Report Recommends New Protection for FBI Whistleblowers; and DOJ Implements Recommendations
- Whistleblower Receives $1.2 Million in $6 Million Settlement of Qui Tam Action Against Caremark For Failing to Reimburse Medicaid for Drug Costs Covered by Both Medicaid and a Private Health Plan
- Canadian Court Holds Employee Has No Duty to Accept Lower Position If Constructively Dismissed Via Demotion
- Federal District Court in New York Holds that Retaliation under FRSA is Governed by AIR 21’s Burden-shifting Framework
- Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Company Agrees to Pay $56.5 Million to Settle Allegations It Engaged in Deceptive Marketing Practices
- OSHA Finds BNSF, Rail Company Owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Liable in Three Retaliation Cases and Awards Damages to Employees
- The ARB Reaffirms the Speegle Standard, which Requires an Employer to Show It would have Punished a Whistleblower Absent Any Protected Activity
- Virginia Attorney General’s Office Intervenes in $1.15 Billion Suit Against 15 of the World’s Largest Banks in an Action Under the Virginia False Claims Act
- DOJ Aggressively Pursues and Settles False Claims Actions Against Doctors and Clinical Labs for Kickbacks and Medically Unnecessary Testing
- Supreme Court of Hawaii: Arbitration Clause Is Unenforceable
- Supreme Court Revisits the Scope of SOX
- Justices Balk at Regulatory End Run Around the WPA
- Supreme Court Weighs Scope of Whistleblower Protection Act
- FINRA Warns Firms Not to Bar Employee Whistleblowing
- Doctors’ Self-Referrals Triggered the False Claims Act, Judge Says
- ARB Says Whistleblowers Can Sue Unions for Retaliation Under AIR 21
- Ghoulish Medicare Fraudster Admits Giving Chemo to Healthy Patients
- Cardiology Group Will Pay $1.3 Million to Settle Claims of Improper Referrals
- SEC Gives $300K to Whistleblower Working in Audit/Compliance
- ARB Affirms Damages for Whistleblower, Expands Protective Rule
- New York Awards Whistleblower $300,000 for Reporting Tax Evasion Scheme
- IRS Issues New Whistleblower Regulations, Promises Timelier Action
- ARB Allows Whistleblower to Challenge Arbitration of Retaliation Claim
- SEC Brings First Action on Whistleblower Retaliation
- Third Circuit Sides With Whistleblowers in Split on FCA Pleading
- First Amendment Protection: The Start of a Comeback?
- ARB Clarifies: Trucking Whistleblowers Face “Much Easier” Proof of Retaliation
- Sixth Circuit: Whistleblowers May Sue, Despite Arbitration Clause
- CFTC Gives Whistleblower $240,000 in First Award Under Dodd-Frank
- Rule 345 Provides a New Shield for IRS Whistleblowers
- ARB Makes It Harder to Justify Firing Nuclear Whistleblower
- Whistleblower Nurse Reaps $15 Million Reward in Amedisys Fraud Settlement
- MSPB: Cat’s Paw Doctrine Protects Federal Whistleblowers
- ARB Affirms Punitive Damages for Two Whistleblowers
- March Whistleblower Rewards Include $500,000 in Cargo Price-Fixing Case
- Supreme Court Says SOX Can Fit Almost Anyone
- First Circuit Says Title VII Offers Workers a Broad Shield
- Burrage v. U.S. — Can a Heroin Dealer Help to Clarify Whistleblower Law?
- Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Review MacLean Decision
- The Top Ten Whistleblower Decisions of 2013: Part 1
- Justices Seek Middle Ground in Whistleblower Case
- After Nassar: Title VII Retaliation Claims Are Tougher — But Still Viable
- SEC Makes Another Whistleblower Payout — This Time at Maximum 30%
- Federal Judge Rejects Asadi Limits on Whistleblower Protection
- SEC Whistleblower Program Makes Its Bones With $14 Million Award
- Fourth Circuit: Facebook “Like” Is Protected Speech in Retaliation Case
- Maryland’s High Court Finalizes Verdict In “Cat’s Paw” Case
- ARB: Whistleblower Must Be Rehired — Even If Job No Longer Exists
- ARB: Whistleblower Can Get Back Pay Even for Time in College
- Judge: Whistleblower’s Removal of Internal Documents Was Protected Under SOX
- Sides Warm Up For SOX Case at the Supreme Court
- A Day to Honor Whistleblowers?
- Tax Court Sheds Light on Whistleblower’s Denied Award
- Fifth Circuit Narrows Definition of “Whistleblower” Under Dodd-Frank
- MSPB: New Whistleblower Standard Applies to Pending Cases
- Tenth Circuit Gives Another Win to Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers
- Maryland Appeals Court Restores $650,000 Jury Verdict for Whistleblower
- ARB Again Holds that SOX Protects Employees Who Warn of Future Wrongdoing
- Supreme Court Takes a SOX Case — But What’s Its Agenda?
- Tax Court Blasts IRS for ‘Obfuscation’ in Whistleblower Case
- After Blowing Whistle on Itself, Utah Hospital Chain Agrees to Pay $25.5 Million
- Court Won’t Review Wiest; “Reasonable Belief” Is Law in Third Circuit
- ARB Upholds Retaliation Award, Shows Broad Support for Punitive Damages
- Contractor Pays $1.15 Million for Faking Partnership with Native American Business
- Federal Jury Awards Whistleblower $3.5 Million in Alaska Retaliation Case
- Tech Supplier Pays $5.66 Million to Settle Claims of Overbilling, Trade Violations
- Conrail Must Reinstate Conductor While Appealing Retaliation Verdict, ARB Rules
- University of California Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Claims
- Arizona Hospice Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Claims It Treated Ineligible Medicare Patients
- Obama’s Budget Plan: Protect IRS Whistleblowers from Retaliation
- Menendez Redux: Halliburton Whistleblower Finally Gets Retaliation Award
- Whistleblower Says Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy Ignored His Warnings
- Supreme Court Confirms Lower Hurdle for Investor Fraud Suits
- First False Claims Act Tax Recovery in New York; Whistleblower Awarded $1.1 Million
- Ongoing Whistleblower Complaints Show VA’s Failure to Fix Hospital Problems, Warns OSC
- Third Circuit Supports Broader Access to Whistleblower Protection in Sarbanes-Oxley Cases
- South Carolina Ambulance Company Pays $800,000 to Settle Claims of Medicare Fraud
- United States Joins Whistleblower Lawsuit against Lance Armstrong
- Florida Dermatologist Will Pay $26.1 Million to Resolve Whistleblower Claims of Kickbacks and Unnecessary Surgeries
- Fairfax Nursing Center Pays $700,000 Settlement for Submitting False Claims for Medicare Reimbursement
- D.C. Legislation Would Extend False Claims Act Treatment to Taxes
- Department of Labor Files Suit against Florida Construction Company for Terminating Employee Who Reported Workplace Violence to OSHA
- City of Sacramento to Set up Anonymous Whistleblower Hotline
- Department of Labor Files Suit Against Retirement Facility for Terminating Whistleblower for Reporting Bedbug Infestation
- $3.8M Settlement in Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Alleging that Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures Were Performed by EMH Regional Medical Center and Ohio Heart Center Settle
- R. Scott Oswald Publishes Article Review of Whistleblower-Favorable Trends in 2012
- Florida Diagnostic Sleep Testing Center Agrees to Pay $15.3 Million Settlement for Submitting False Claims to Federal Healthcare Programs
- British Contractor APTx Vehicle Systems to Settle False Claims Act Suit
- Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals Agree to Pay $48 Million False Claims Act Settlement for Submitting Claims for Unapproved Prescription Drug
- Oregon Law Journal Publishes Commentary by R. Scott Oswald on SEC Enforcement Priorities and Potential Future Actions against Dark Pool Trading
- Whistleblower Rewards Total Nearly $5 Billion under False Claims Act in 2012
- Panel Finds Whistleblower Retaliation Against WMATA Employee Who Reported Technology Project
- Medicare False Claims Result in $900,000 Settlement by Baylor University
- SEC Whistleblower Program Receives Over 3,000 Whistleblower Tips in FY2012
- OSHA Announces Appointment of New Whistleblower Protection Program Director
- Senate Approves Stronger Whistleblower Protection for Federal Employees Who Expose Government Wrongdoing
- Nuclear Whistleblower Files ERA Lawsuit against Energy Northwest
- Missouri Hospital Pays $9.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act and Stark Law (Healthcare Fraud) Violations for Compensating Physicians for Referrals
- Northern Illinois Flight Center Ordered to Reinstate and Pay Whistleblower over $500,000 after He Was Terminated for Complaining About Violations of the Pilot Certification Process
- Department of Justice Files Lawsuit against Virginia-Based Contractor for Submitting False Claims for Iraqi Security Guards Who Did Not Meet Contract Requirements
- OSC Successfully Completed Mediation for Border Patrol Whistleblower
- New York Hospital to Pay $7M to Settle Qui Tam Suit Alleging Medicaid Billing Fraud
- RxAmerica Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for Misrepresenting Costs of Prescription Drugs to Senior Citizens
- President Obama Issues Landmark Presidential Policy Directive to Protect National Security and Intelligence Community Employees
- Tennessee Trucking Company Agrees to Settle OSHA Whistleblower Lawsuit and Reinstate Employee
- The Daily Cavalier Interviews Attorney Adam Carter on Recent $819,000 Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict in False Claims Act Lawsuit Involving Misuse of NIH Research Grants
- TheScientist Magazine Features Story on $819,000 Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict in Favor of TELG Client Dr. Weihua Huang
- ABC Feature Story Highlights Misconduct Leading to Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Defense Contractor Jorge Scientific Defrauded U.S. Taxpayers
- Law360 Interviews TELG Attorney Adam Augustine Carter on $819,000 Whistleblower Retaliation Jury Verdict for Former University of Virginia Scientist
- TELG Principal Attorney, Adam Augustine Carter, Quoted in The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Recent $819,000 Verdict in False Claims Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
- The Charlottesville Daily Progress Quotes TELG Principal Attorney, Adam Augustine Carter, on Recent $819,000 Verdict in Huang Whistleblower Retaliation Case
- A Virginia Jury Awards over $819,000 to The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Client Dr. Weihua Huang in False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict
- Whistleblower Files Lawsuit against New York Organ Donor Network for Harvesting Organs from Living Patients
- OSHA Announces Launch of Alternative Dispute Resolution Program for Complaints Filed with Whistleblower Protection Program
- Hospital Chain HCA Inc. Pays $16.5 Million False Claims Act Settlement for Providing Physician Group with Financial Incentive to Refer Patients to HCA Facilities
- Recent Kramer Decision in Favor of a Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Likely to Strengthen Anti-Retaliation Lawsuits Brought by Financial Whistleblowers, Law360 Reports
- Law360 Quotes Nicholas Woodfield on First-of-Its-Kind Ruling in Whistleblower Protection Case under Dodd-Frank
- Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) Passes House, Bill Set to Strengthen Protections for Federal Employees
- Kramer v. Trans-Lux Corp., First Dodd-Frank Claim to Survive Motion to Dismiss in Federal Court
- Department of Labor Orders Ohio Company to Reinstate and Pay Whistleblower $270,000
- Justice Department Joins False Claims Act Medicare Fraud Lawsuit
- GE-Hitachi Nuclear Plant Employee Files Whistleblower Lawsuit in Federal Court after Being Threatened and Demoted for Raising Safety Concerns
- Arizona Trucking Company Ordered to Reinstate Former Employee and Pay $315,000 Settlement for Violating the Whistleblower Provision of STAA
- New Jersey State Trooper Awarded Over $1 Million Whistleblower Settlement
- Trial Begins Next Month for Hollywood Effects Artist Alleging that Ascent Media Group Terminated His Employment Because He Reported Workplace Drug Use by Its Creative Director
- Dept. of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) Clarifies Distinction Between Integrated Enterprise and Joint Employer Tests for Establishing Vicarious Liability under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) Whistleblower Provision
- Law360 Interviews Nicholas Woodfield on Federal Circuit’s Recent Decision to Limit Employees’ Right to Appeal Security Clearance Determinations
- Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) Expands Procedural Protections for Whistleblowers by Adopting “Fair Notice” Pleading Standard for Assessing OSHA Whistleblower Complaints
- SEC Issues $50,000 as Part of First Whistleblower Program Award
- R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group® Law Firm, Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013
- Law360 Interviews R. Scott Oswald on Increase in Whistleblower Retaliation Claims Brought by Defense Contractors
- Morgan Stanley Complex Risk Officer Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation
- Union Pacific Railroad Agrees to Pay Whistleblower $38,000 to Settle Allegations of Retaliating Against Him for Reporting a Work-Related Injury
- Former Avaya Government Solutions Employee Claims He Suffered Retaliation and Termination for Blowing the Whistle on Unauthorized Security Practices
- Department of Justice Settles Suit with Wells Fargo for $175 Million for Homeowners to Resolve Lending Claims
- Cincinnati Christ Hospital Pays $1.8 Million to Settle Medicare Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging that a Doctor Signed Off on Vascular Tests without Reading the Tests
- Real Estate Management Company Agrees to Pay $45,000 to Settle OSHA Allegations of Illegally Terminating Maintenance Employee for Raising Safety Concerns Regarding Asbestos
- Tennessee Mail Carrier Settles STAA Whistleblower Lawsuit after Terminating Driver for Complaining About Defective Vehicles
- Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board Reverses Administrative Law Judge’s Ruling in Favor of Nuclear Whistleblower and Client of The Employment Law Group®
- R. Scott Oswald and David Scher, Principals of The Employment Law Group®, Publish Article on Expanded False Claims Act Liability for Improper Healthcare Kickbacks under The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
- OSHA Orders Norfolk Southern Railway to Pay Whistleblowers Over $800,000 after Finding that the Company Terminated Them for Reporting Work Injuries
- Accenture Whistleblowers Set to Receive a $14 Million Reward for Blowing the Whistle on False Claims Submitted to the Federal Government
- OSHA Orders Alaska-Based Youth Treatment Provider to Reinstate Whistleblower Who Was Fired After Reporting Safety Concerns at the Facility
- Citigroup Whistleblower Receives $31 Million Award as Part of False Claims Act Settlement
- Bank of America Whistleblower Awarded $14.5 Million False Claims Act Settlement for Challenging Bank’s Practice of Inflating Home Appraisals to Obtain Federal Loans
- Federal Court in New York Orders Chicago Resident and Former Floor Broker, Kent R.E. Whitney, to Pay $600,000 for Margin Call Avoidance Scheme
- Air Force Pilots Blow the Whistle on F-22 Fighter Jet Design Flaws that May Cause Pilots to Black Out
- Federal Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court Decision Allowing Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Two Boston Hospitals and Two Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers to Proceed
- Law360 Interviews R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group®, on the Significance of OSHA’s Recent Call to Establish a Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- Law360 Interviews R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group®, on the Potential Impact of the Senate-Approved Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA)
- OSHA Orders Tennessee Trucking Company to Reinstate Whistleblower and Pay Over $180,000 for Terminating Him for Refusing to Drive While Fatigued and Ill
- The Employment Law Group® Principals, Adam Augustine Carter and Nicholas Woodfield, Selected as 2012 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers
- Law360 Quotes R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group® on Recent Pro-Whistleblower Decision from the Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB)
- Law360 Interviews The Employment Law Group® Managing Principal, R. Scott Oswald, on Potential Effects of Report Claiming that the SEC Inadvertently Disclosed a Whistleblower’s Identity
- Senate Testimony and IG Report Reveal that the VA Inflated Success Rate of Meeting Veterans’ Mental Health Care Needs
- Defense Contractor ATK Launch Systems Inc. Agrees to Pay Nearly $37 Million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit for Selling Dangerous and Defective Illumination Flares to the Army and Air Force
- St. James Stevedoring Partners LLC Agrees to Pay River Barge Captain $245,000 to Settle Retaliation Lawsuit After Terminating Him for Reporting Engine Problems to the Coast Guard
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Announces Clamp Down on Discriminatory Lending Practices
- Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal Publishes Article by The Employment Law Group® Managing Principal, R. Scott Oswald
- U.S. Department of Labor Files OSH Act Lawsuit Against Florida Canvas Manufacturer for Terminating Whistleblower Who Complained About Rodent Infestation
- Whistleblower Awarded $462,500 for Alerting U.S. Coast Guard of Major Pollution Violation
- Networking Equipment Company Pays $2 Million to Partially Settle a Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit
- Former Infosys Principal Consultant Blows the Whistle on Company’s Illegal Visa Practice, Prompting Federal Investigation
- R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group®, Serves as Panelist in D.C. Bar Sponsored Whistleblower Law Seminar
- WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Pays $137.5 Million to Resolve Allegations that it Committed Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
- Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group®, R. Scott Oswald, Discusses the Importance of “Robust and Responsive Internal Compliance Programs” with Workforce Management Magazine
- R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group®, Publishes Article in The Washington Post on Recent Expansions of Employee Rights
- Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit for Marketing Prescription Drugs That Were Not Approved by the FDA
- Department of Labor Thanks The Employment Law Group® for its Input on the OSHA’s Whistleblower Program Restructuring Project
- Dollar Tree Stores Cited by OSHA with Repeat Workplace Safety Hazards for Allegedly Allowing Blocked Fire Exits and Unsafe Storage of Merchandise
- JP Morgan Chase Pays $45 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Fraud in Veterans’ Home Mortgage Loans, Whistleblowers to Receive $11.7 Million
- Washington State Legislature Passes Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act
- OSHA Announces Restructuring of Whistleblower Program to Increase Priority Status of Whistleblower Enforcement
- SEC Whistleblower Chief Reportedly Pleased With High-Quality Leads Received Since Beginning of Whistleblower Rewards Program
- OSHA Files Suit against U.S. Postal Service for Alleged Discrimination and Retaliation
- Lawyers USA Quotes The Employment Law Group® Principal Dave Scher on Recent Rise in Whistleblower Claims
- Interline Logistics Group LLC Ordered by OSHA to Reinstate and Pay Whistleblower Truck Driver $190,000 After He Refused to Violate Department of Transportation Regulation
- R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group® Publishes Article in The Rocket Docket News on Recent Developments in Qui Tam Litigation
- OSHA Issues Citations to Publix Supermarket after Jacksonville Employee Loses His Hand
- OSHA Cites Hershey Co. and SHS Staffing Solutions with Workplace Safety and Health Violations Following Complaints Made by Foreign Students for Exploitive and Unsafe Working Conditions
- Department of Labor Administrative Review Board Decision Upholds Judgment for AIR21 Whistleblower
- Mayo Clinic Ordered by The Department of Labor to Reinstate a Courier Who Was Terminated After Complaining About the Clinic’s Vehicles
- Citigroup Settles Mortgage Fraud Lawsuit for $151 Million, Whistleblower to Collect $31 Million
- Department of Health and Human Services Announces Record-Breaking $4.1 Billion in Healthcare Fraud Recoveries in 2011
- OSHA Fines Wal-Mart $365,000 for Failing to Provide Employees at Rochester Store with Proper Training and Safe Working Conditions
- Rowan Business Forms Ordered by OSHA to Pay Over $83,000 for Terminating Whistleblower Truck Driver Who Reported Hazardous Conditions
- Former Executive Alleges that GE Retaliated against Him for Objecting to Company’s Efforts to Influence Iraqi Officials
- Federal Investigation Reveals that Air Force Unlawfully Punished Air Force Mortuary Whistleblowers
- Department of Labor Administrative Review Board Decision Limits Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation Protections for Foreign Whistleblowers
- R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal of The Employment Law Group®, Selected to Serve as Panelist in Qui Tam Litigation Seminar
- Federal Times Quotes The Employment Law Group® Managing Principal R. Scott Oswald on Recent Lawsuit Filed by FDA Whistleblowers
- Former BP Employee is Terminated After Refusing to Alter Data About the Progress of Clean-up of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Fifth Circuit Rules for Plaintiff in False Claims Act Retaliation Suit Previously Dismissed on Statute of Limitations Grounds
- Jury Orders TD Bank to Pay $67 Million to Victims of Ponzi Scheme
- Feature Article Interviewing The Employment Law Group® Principal Attorney Dave Scher Receives Wide Coverage in Military Publications
- OSHA Orders AirTran Airways to Reinstate and Pay $1 Million in Damages to Whistleblower Pilot
- Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary to Pay $158 Million to Settle Allegations it Misrepresented Drug Safety and Paid Physicians Kickbacks to Prescribe Risperdal
- U.S. Government Files Amicus Brief Urging First Circuit to Revive False Claims Act Lawsuit against Pfizer
- Ohio Police Sergeant Files Whistleblower Suit Claiming Retaliation after He Disclosed Police Chief’s Misconduct
- OSHA Proposes $70,000 in Fines against Massachusetts Metals Recycling Company for Maintaining Hazardous Work Conditions
- GE Healthcare Pays U.S. Government $30 Million to Settle False Claims Act Suit
- U.S. Department of Justice Sues AseraCare Hospice for Fraudulently Billing Medicare
- OSHA Fines Labolt Farmers Grain Company for Exposing Workers to Hazardous Conditions
- DOL Judge Rules in Favor of Aircraft Maintenance Whistleblower
- Air Force Times Interviews The Employment Law Group® Principal Dave Scher on Department of Veterans Affairs Whistleblowers
- Capital Insider interviews Attorney Adam Augustine Carter about What Employees Should Know for 2012
- World’s Largest Container Shipping Company Pays Federal Government $31.9 Million to Settle Lawsuit
- BNY Mellon Whistleblower Provides Information Aiding Several States’ Lawsuits
- OSHA Orders Union Pacific to Reinstate and Pay Whistleblower Employee $300,000
- 7th Circuit Reinstates RICO Whistleblower Lawsuit, Applies Broad Relationship Standard
- U.S. DOL ARB Ends Landmark Year Holding Summary Decision Improper Unless Employer Proves Sarbanes-Oxley Act Does Not Apply
- Michigan Federal Court Rules Severance Agreement Cannot Bar Qui Tam Claim
- Ranbaxy Laboratories to Pay $500 Million in Settlement with Food and Drug Administration
- SEC Charges GlaxoSmithKline Unit with Defrauding Employees in Low Valuation Stock Buybacks
- SEC Chairman Says Whistleblower Program Yielding Significant Benefits, Calls Proposed Changes Premature
- Tax Court Protects Identity of IRS Whistleblower
- Department of Justice Recovers Record-Setting $3 Billion in False Claims Act Settlements in 2011
- Medtronic Pays $23.5M to Settle Kickback Allegations
- Whistleblower Alleges That Contractors Cut Corners at Marlins Stadium
- Study Finds That Three-Quarter of Americans Would Blow the Whistle on Wrongdoing in the Workplace
- New Proposed Rules to Require Drug and Medical Device Companies to Report Payments to Physicians
- KV Pharmaceutical Reaches Settlement with the Department of Justice for $17 Million
- House Panel to Hold Meetings with Air Force and Office of Special Counsel to Investigate Military Mortuary
- OSHA Sues Whole Foods for Terminating Whistleblower
- Genentech Pays $20 Million to Settle Off-label Marketing Whistleblower Lawsuit
- OSHA Sues Packaging Manufacturer for Whistleblower Violations
- The Employment Law Group® Managing Principal R. Scott Oswald Quoted in Medical Practice Compliance Alert Regarding Illegal Medicare Kickbacks
- OSHA Reinstates Heartland Transportation Inc. Whistleblower
- Dodd-Frank Act Co-Author Rep. Barney Frank to Retire after Current Term
- Marine Corps Whistleblower Has Top-Secret Security Clearance Reinstated
- DCAA Whistleblower Promoted After Enduring Years of Retaliation
- Lawyer Monthly Names The Employment Law Group® its 2011 Labor & Employment Law Firm of the Year
- SEC Uncovers Millions Lost in D.C. Area Ponzi Scheme
- US Seeks Damages from Allied Home Mortgage for Alleged Lending Fraud
- SEC Reports 334 Whistleblower Tips and 170 Enforcement Orders in First Seven Weeks of Whistleblower Award Program
- Lawmakers Push to Add Stricter Reporting Regulations in Sexual Abuse Cases in Wake of Penn State Scandal
- TELG Principal Quoted in Law360 Regarding New Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Regulations
- OSHA Releases New Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Rules
- Supreme Court May Limit Federal Employees’ Access to Federal Court to Challenge Constitutionality of Terminations
- Truck Driver Awarded Back Pay and Damages in Surface Transportation Assistance Act Whistleblower Claim
- Attorney R. Scott Oswald Quoted in Law360 Regarding Sarbanes-Oxley Decison
- Dentist Pays $212K Settlement for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid
- OSHA Awards $99K to Environmental Whistleblower
- TELG Attorney Scott Oswald Discusses Landmark SOX Whistleblower Decision for LawyersUSA
- TELG Attorney Quoted in Crain’s Detroit Business Article Predicting Rapid Expansion of Whistleblower Claims
- TELG Principals Publish Article in California Lawyer
- Oracle Agrees to Pay U.S. $199.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit
- TELG Principals Publish Authoritative Article on D.C.’s Amended Whistleblower Protection Act in Bureau of National Affairs
- DC Federal Court Holds Employee Reporting Wrongdoing Can Proceed with Wrongful Termination Lawsuit
- DOL ARB Rules that Whistleblowers May Disclose Confidential Employer Information Evidencing Wrongdoing
- Menendez v. Halliburton Affirms Broad Protection for Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers
- Bank of America Ordered to Pay $930,000 to Whistleblower for Violating SOX
- DOL ALJ Orders Whistleblower Truck Driver Reinstated at Beacon Transport
- DOL Orders Union Pacific Railroad to Pay Whistleblowers more than $615,000
- Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court Dismissal in Corinthian
- NWC, NELA, and The Employment Law Group® Submit Brief in Support of SOX Whistleblowers Abroad
- CFTC Adopts Favorable Rules for Whistleblower Reward Program
- Boeing Company Settles False Claims Act Suit for $2 Million
- SEC Whistleblower Reward Program Goes into Effect August 12
- TELG Principal Attorney Responds to OSHA Funding Request
- Summary Decision Overturned for Whistleblower in Failure to Hire Case
- OSHA Announces Measures to Improve Whistleblower Protection Program
- Third Circuit Overturns Lower Court in Favor of Whistleblower Who Exposed Illegal Medicare Kickbacks
- U.S. DOL ALJ Reinstates Truck Driver who Refused to Violate DOT Regulations, Awards $46k in Damages
- TELG Principal Quoted in Law360 on Landmark ARB Decision for SOX Whistleblowers
- District Court Judge Rules Three Year Statute of Limitations for False Claims Act Against D.C.
- Law360 Quotes TELG Attorney on DOL ARB Decision Clarifying Broad Scope of Protected Conduct for SOX Whistleblowers
- DOL ARB Clarifies Broad Scope of Protected Conduct for SOX Whistleblowers in Sylvester v. Parexel International LLC
- SEC Adopts Favorable Rules for Whistleblowers
- SEC Issues Rules Favorable to Whistleblowers
- TELG Quoted by Investment News About Proposal to Weaken SEC Whistleblower Reward Program
- House Republicans Propose Weakening SEC Whistleblower Reward Program
- SDNY Decision Broadly Construes Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection Provision
- Law360 Quotes TELG Attorney on Ruling Expanding Scope of SOX-Protected Conduct
- The Employment Law Group® Attorney Quoted in Law360 Article on DOL ARB Decision Broadening the Scope of Coverage under SOX
- Voices for Corporate Responsibility Hosts Whistleblower Seminar on Dodd-Frank Act SEC Whistleblower Reward Provision
- Law360 Quotes TELG Attorney on In-House Attorney Turned Whistleblowers
- Banker & Tradesmen Quotes TELG Attorney on SOX Ruling in Pezza
- IRS Awards Whistleblower $4.5 Million
- The Employment Law Group® Attorney Quoted in Law360 Article on DOL ARB Decision Broadening the Scope of Coverage under SOX
- DOL ARB Holds Sarbanes-Oxley Covers Claims by Employees of Subsidiaries of Publicly-traded Companies
- Federal Court Rules SOX Whistleblower Amendment’s Ban on Predispute Arbitration Agreements Retroactive
- IRS Rewards Enron Whistleblower $1.1 Million
- Senator Grassley Introduces Bill to Protect Congressional Whistleblowers
- FDA Takes Over #Tylenol Plants – Whistleblowers Key to Safer Drugs
- The Employment Law Group® Prevails in Establishing the Broad Scope of Sarbanes-Oxley Protected Conduct
- DOL ARB Affirms Reinstatement of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower at DOD Contractor
- Amendment to D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act Ruled Retroactive
- The Employment Law Group® Attorney Quoted in ABA Journal Article on Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections
- Whistleblowers Awarded $2.2 Million in Sarbanes-Oxley Case
- Webinar: Using New Developments In Whistleblower Laws To Your Client’s Advantage
- DOL Requests Additional $6 Million to Fund Whistleblower Investigations
- TELG Attorney Quoted on CFO.com regarding Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
- Senator McCaskill Re-introduces Government Contractor Whistleblower Protection Bill
- New Food Safety Law Protects Whistleblowers
- District Court Decision Broadly Construes Sarbanes-Oxley Protected Conduct
- Domino’s Truck Driver Reinstated under STAA
- Fiscal Times Quotes TELG Attorney About Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions
- Former Portneuf Mechanic Awarded $485,000 after Being Fired for Reporting Unsafe Helicopters
- Managed Care Provider CareSource Settles Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit for $26 Million
- Xe Services (Blackwater) Procedural Challenge to Whistleblower Lawsuit Fails
- Federal Judge Interprets SOX to Protect Whistleblowers Who Report Fraud Committed by Clients and Business Partners
- IRS Broadens Opportunities for Whistleblower Rewards
- Dept. of Labor ARB Affirms Broad Scope of Adverse Employment Actions Under AIR 21 in Whistleblower Case Against American Airlines
- Federal Whistleblower Teresa Chambers Reinstated as Chief of U.S. Park Police
- DOL Orders Metro North Railroad to Pay $80,500 in Punitive Damages and Attorney’s Fees to Whistleblower
- President Obama Signs Food Safety Bill Protecting Whistleblowers Who Report Contaminated Food
- Fourth Circuit Broadens Scope of Protected Activity Under Whistleblower Protection Act
- 60 Minutes Interviews Whistleblower About Reporting Contaminated Drugs at GlaxoSmithKline
- Former Pillar Enterprises Employee Alleges Wrongful Discharge for Refusing to Use or Sell Drugs at Work
- TELG Principal Publishes Analysis of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions
- Congress Passes Food Safety Bill Protecting Whistleblowers From Retaliation
- TELG Publishes Article on Federal Whistleblower Protection Legislation
- Wall Street Journal Quotes TELG Principal on IRS Whistleblower Program and Combating Tax Fraud
- Student Aid Lenders Settle Whistleblower Jon Oberg’s False Claims Act Qui Tam Action for $57.75 million
- TELG Principals Publish Article on Whistleblower Protections in the New Food Safety Bill
- New Robust Protection for Food Safety Whistleblowers
- OSHA Orders Real Estate Company to Reinstate Asbestos Whistleblower
- DC Whistleblower Protection Act Amendments are Retroactive on Procedural Matters
- DOJ Recovers $3 Billion under False Claims Act in 2010
- Wall Street Journal Quotes TELG Principal on SEC Whistleblower Reward Program
- Wall Street Journal Quotes TELG Principal on Dodd-Frank SEC Regulations
- SEC Prepares For Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers
- Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege Shields ADA Plaintiff’s Mental Health Records
- Judge Denies Lockheed Martin’s Motion to Dismiss Citing Broad Scope of the Protected Conduct under the False Claims Act
- TELG Principal Moderates D.C. Bar Event on the Dodd-Frank Act’s Whistleblower Reward Programs and Anti-retaliation Provisions
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Fourth Circuit Decision on Pre-Filing Employment Releases Barring Some Qui Tam Actions
- TELG Principal Moderates D.C. Bar Event on the Dodd-Frank Act’s Whistleblower Reward Programs and Anti-retaliation Provisions
- DOL ARB Holds Truck Driver’s Refusal to Drive Unsafe Truck is a Discharge under STAA
- DOL ARB Vacated ALJ’s Decision Where ALJ Was Unaware Complainant Responded to Request for Admissions
- Former Ameriprise Branch Manager Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Fraud
- CA Court of Appeals Upholds Sanctions Against Caremark for Underhanded Electronic Discovery Tactics in False Claims Act Case
- Whistleblower’s Disclosure of Ponzi Scheme Underscored the Importance of Rewarding Whistleblowers
- TELG Principal Lectures on New Developments in Whistleblower Law and Effective Strategies for Prosecuting Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
- AARP Attorneys Join Whistleblower’s Legal Team in Fraud Case Regarding Off-label Marketing of Medical Devices
- Virginia Bill Would Protect State Employees Who Report Wrongdoing
- President Obama Signs Bill Eliminating Confidentiality for SEC Investigations Involving Fraud Committed by Publicly-traded Companies
- DOL Orders Trucking Company to Reinstate Whistleblower, Awards Back Pay and $125,000 in Punitive Damages
- OSC Investigates Whistleblower’s Claims at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- DOL IG Issues Report Criticizing OSHA Whistleblower Program Investigations
- Supreme Court Should Decide FOIA Document Requests Are Not Per Se Public Disclosures under the FCA
- Novartis and U.S. Attorney’s Office Settle FCA and Criminal Allegations Regarding Trileptal® for $422.5 Million
- U.S. OSC Affirms Whistleblower’s Warning that FAA Ignored Violations
- Senate Unanimously Approves Bill to Repeal Dodd-Frank Provision Granting Confidentially for SEC Investigations
- New York Expands False Claims Act and Strengthens Whistleblower Protections
- GAO Reports Weaknesses in DOL OSHA Whistleblower Program and Provides Recommendations
- Federal Circuit Holds that Whistleblower Protection Act Plaintiff Need Not Prove Actual Violation of Law
- U.S. Court Rules Whistleblower’s Investigation is Protected Conduct under the False Claims Act
- Win for Whistleblower Clarifies Joint Employer Liability
- Ethics Resource Center Publishes Study Providing Advice On Increasing Internal Disclosures
- OSHA Publishes Interim Final Rules For Filing Whistleblower Complaints
- White House Delays Release of Secret Database Listing Contractor Fraud and Substandard Performance
- OSHA Orders Utah Transit Authority to Reinstate Whistleblower
- DC Jury Finds Police Chief Retaliated Against Whistleblower
- Virginia Court Holds Fraud Investigator Can Sue for Wrongful Discharge
- Judge Rules D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act Amendment Retroactive
- New York AG Settles Qui Tam Lawsuit with School Lunch Provider for $20 Million
- Iowa Egg Recall Spotlights Senate Food Safety Bill
- Big Reward Potential Likely to Lure More Whistleblowers to the SEC
- Whistleblower Retaliation Protection for Congressional Staff Languishes in Senate Committee
- Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions Are Expected to Generate Increase in Whistleblower Litigation
- The Employment Law Group® Files Amicus Brief Arguing that Section 929A of the Dodd-Frank Act Applies to Pending Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Cases
- DOJ ARB Rejects “Duty Speech” Defense to ERA Nuclear Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
- SEC Asserts Congress Intended SOX to Protect Employees of Consolidated Subsidiaries of Publicly-Traded Companies
- Judge Orders Student Loan Companies and Qui Tam Whistleblower Oberg to Explore Potential Resolution of Qui Tam Claim
- DOL Solicitor Asserts that SOX Covers Employees of Consolidated Subsidiaries of Publicly-Traded Companies
- WTOP Reports Qui Tam Whistleblower Oberg and Student Loan Companies are Exploring Potential Resolution of Qui Tam Claim
- New Study Indicates Strong Anti-retaliation Policy Benefits Employers
- Kent County Superior Court Associate Justice Daniel Procaccini Commends Both Sides for their Trial Work in O’Neill v. Warwick
- Kent County Jury Finds for School District in O’Neill v. Warwick
- The Employment Law Group® Speaks on Whistleblower Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act at ALI-ABA Fall 2010 Seminar
- Protected Conduct Under the False Claims Act Does Not Require a Showing that Plaintiff Knew About the Act
- House Passes Whistleblower Legislation to Protect Oil Rig Employees Who Report Unsafe Conditions
- U.S. Dept. of Justice Urges Federal Court to Allow $1 Billion False Claims Act Case to Move Forward Against Nelnet
- U.S. Court Denies Caterpillar Summary Judgment in SOX Whistleblower Case
- SEC Grants $1 Million Reward to Whistleblower in Insider Trading Case
- MSPB Rules that the Existence of an Investigation into Allegations Cannot be the Sole Cause for a Federal Employee’s Indefinite Suspension
- Warwick Beacon Reports on Rhode Island Schoolteacher Whistleblower Case
- Providence Journal Provides Update on Rhode Island Schoolteacher’s Testimony in Whistleblower Case
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is Quoted in BNA Article on New Dodd-Frank Act
- Providence Journal Provides Update on Rhode Island Schoolteacher Whistleblower Case
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publishes Article on the Whistleblower Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act
- National Law Journal Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm About Whistleblower Provisions in Financial Services Reform Legislation
- Providence Journal Reports on a Rhode Island Schoolteacher Whistleblower Case
- Dodd-Frank Bill Provides Robust Whistleblower Protections
- New Legislation Drafted to Increase Mine Safety Following Death of 29 Miners at Upper Big Branch Mine
- Northrop Grumman Agrees to Settle FCA Allegations for $12.5 Million
- Delta Subsidiary Ordered to Pay Ramp Agent $67,000 for AIR21 Violations
- SEC Agrees to $755,000 Settlement for Wrongful Discharge
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act Withstands Constitutional Challenge
- UPS Ordered to Pay $111,000 for Retaliating Against Whistleblowing Truck Driver
- Washington Business Journal Covers TELG Client’s Whistleblower Lawsuit
- Qui Tam Action Against Software Giant Oracle Unsealed
- Medical Device Manufacturer, Hospitals Settle False Claims Act Allegations for $3.8m
- U.S. Bank in Seattle Ordered to Reinstate Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower
- OSHA Finds for Railway Worker Whistleblower, Awards Punitive Damages
- OSHA Orders Worldwide Jet Charter to Reinstate Pilot Fired for Whistleblowing
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publishes Article on the Whistleblower Provisions in the Finance Reform Bill
- Senate Passes Financial Services Reform Bill Containing New Whistleblower Laws
- TELG Principal Jason Zuckerman to Speak at the 2010 National Whistleblower Assembly
- TELG Principal Jason Zuckerman to Speak at CLE on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is Quoted in BNA Article on New Health Care Reform Law
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Principal Jason Zuckerman Quoted in Article on Whistleblower Provisions of Health Reform Law
- District Court Rules That Amending OSHA SOX Complaint Does Not Restart 180-Day Clock For Removal To Federal Court
- Governor O’Malley Signs the Maryland False Health Care Claims Act of 2010
- TELG Publishes Article on Whistleblower Provisions in Health Care Reform Act
- OSHA Orders New Jersey Transit to Reinstate Rail Worker, Pay Punitive Damages
- ALJ Orders BB&T Bank to Reinstate SOX Whistleblower Who Disclosed Ponzi Scheme
- Supreme Court Rules That Public Disclosure Bar to False Claims Act Qui Tam Actions Applies to County and State Administrative Reports, Audits, and Investigations
- Health Care Reform Bill Creates New Whistleblower Protections
- ALJ Order Expands Joint Employer Liability Under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act
- ALJ Awards Trucker Punitive Damages After Being Fired for Refusing to Drive in Dangerous Conditions
- OSHA Orders Tennessee Commerce Bank to Pay Over $1 million for SOX Violations
- TELG’s Win in Stone v. Instrumentation Lab. Co. Helps SOX Whistleblower Proceed to Federal Court
- Illinois Whistleblower Beats Summary Judgment, Heads to Trial in FCA Retaliation Case
- OSHA Orders Employer to Reinstate Whistleblower and Pay over $600,000 for SOX Violations
- The Employment Law Group® Principal Jason Zuckerman Quoted by Public Health Blog
- Eleventh Circuit Partially Reverses Dismissal of FCA Case
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is Quoted in an Article on the New ARB Members
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Principal Jason Zuckerman Quoted in Article about Impact of Obama’s 2011 Budget on Employment Law
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is a Contributing Author of ABA Update on Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
- Adam Carter Quoted by Law360 About Successful Appeal in SOX Case
- Fourth Circuit Holds SOX Whistleblowers Entitled to De Novo Review in Federal Court
- DC City Council Unanimously Approves the DC Whistleblower Protection Amendment Act of 2009
- Voices for Corporate Responsibility Kicks Off
- TELG Associate Quoted by The Raleigh News & Observer
- TELG Client Wins Right to Pursue Case Against CA School District, and Superintendent and Board Member Individually, for Alleged Sec. 1983 and Due Process Violations
- Employment Law Group® Law Firm Principal Jason Zuckerman Named as a Top Whistleblower Lawyer
- DoD Strengthens Whistleblower Protections for Employees of Contractors
- Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009 Introduced to Senate Committee
- Law360 Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm on Proposed Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009
- TELG Client Wins over $282,000 Against UDC in Jury Trial
- Four Drug Companies Settle False Claims Act Case for $124 Mil.
- ARB Rules that Pilot Engaged in Protected Conduct When He Declared Himself and His Crew Unfit to Fly
- Whistleblower Speaks to ABC2 News About His Warnings on Aircraft Safety Issues Before Medevac
- D.C. Whistleblower Wins Verdict Against UDC at Trial
- D.C. District Court Rejects Employer’s Attempt to Carve New Loopholes Into Whistleblower Protection Statutes
- Whistleblower Suit Against Student Loan Companies Unsealed in Federal District Court
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publishes Column on Seminal SOX Decision
- Compliance Week Quotes Scott Oswald on High Profile SOX Decision
- California Governor Signs into Law New Electronic Discovery Act
- Contra Costa Times Publishes Article About Whistleblower Suit Against Pittsburg School District
- Boeing Company Settles False Claims Act Suit for $2 Million
- Ninth Circuit Confirms the Broad Scope of Protected Conduct Under SOX
- New York Settles False Claims Act Suit for $540 Million
- Law 360 Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm on the Prospects of Whistleblower Litigation under the Obama Administration
- ARB Rules that Attorney Fee Award Need Not be Proportional to Damages Award
- Seventh Circuit Clarifies that False Claims Act Retaliation Claims Do Not Preclude Subsequently Filed Qui Tam Claims
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publishes Article on Representing Whistleblowers in Wrongful Discharge Actions
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Speaks at D.C. Bar CLE on New Whistleblower Protection Laws
- MSPB Vacates Decision Denying Corrective Action to TSA Whistleblower in Whistleblower Protection Act Case
- Law360 Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm on New False Claims Act
- Workforce Management Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm on Whistleblower Litigation
- Congress Reinvigorates False Claims Act
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Scores Another Victory in Whistleblower Protection Act Case
- House Passes Amendments to the False Claims Act
- ARB Rules that Whistleblower’s Motive is Irrelevant
- Center for Public Integrity Reveals Lack of Oversight in Defense Department
- BNA Reports on DOL Decision to Maintain Sarbanes-Oxley Liability Against Bankrupt Firm
- Law 360 Reports on Whistleblower Win in Sarbanes-Oxley Case
- The National Law Journal Reports on The Employment Law Group® Law Firm’s Success in Seminal Sarbanes-Oxley Case
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Speaks at DC Bar on New Whistleblower Protections for Government Contractors and Employees of State and Local Governments
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is a Contributing Author of ABA Update on Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Speaks At National Whistleblower Assembly
- GAO Report Reveals Lack of Oversight in DOL Whistleblower Protection Program
- Department of Labor Issues Landmark Decision in Favor of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers
- New Bill Extends Whistleblower Protections to Congressional Whistleblowers
- OSHA Orders Southern Air to Pay $400,000 to Airline Whistleblower
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Will Speak At Annual Whistleblower Symposium
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Is a Moderator for Webcast on New Whistleblower Protections
- OSHA Finds Retaliation in Railroad Whistleblower Case
- UBS to Pay $780 Million to Settle Tax Fraud Allegations
- Congress Enacts Robust Whistleblower Protections to Prevent Fraud in Stimulus Spending
- Federal Court Allows Whistleblower to Proceed With Lawsuit Against Vartan National Bank
- The Harrisburg Patriot-News Commends Whistleblower Protection Amendments in Stimulus Bill
- House Strengthens Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Calls for Stronger Whistleblower Protections
- Spartan Motors Pays $1.7 Million for False Claims Act Violations
- Virginia Supreme Court Applies Favorable Causation Standard to Wrongful Discharge Claims
- Federal News Radio Interviews The Employment Law Group® Law Firm on Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Appeals District Court Decision Disregarding the Plain Meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Defeats Motion to Dismiss in D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act Case
- Obama Administration Favors Stronger Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees
- Whistleblower Receives $720,000 Award in Settlement of False Claims Act Action
- Tenth Circuit Rejects “Duty Speech” Defense in s. 1983 Case
- Demoted Prosecutor Recovers Damages in Whistleblower Lawsuit
- DOL Orders Reinstatement, Back Pay and Benefits for Whistleblower Under Employee Protections in the Immigration and Nationality Act
- POGO Proposes Reforming the Office of Special Counsel
- The Employment Law Group ® Law Firm is Quoted in an Article about a Teacher Fired for Exposing Grade-Changing Scheme
- CBO Concludes that Increased Enforcement of the False Claims Act Would Generate Substantial Revenue for the Government
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Will Speak At Seminar About New Whistleblower Protections
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Speaks at Montgomery County Bar on Representing Maryland Whistleblowers in Wrongful Discharge Actions
- OSHA Orders Amtrak to Pay Damages to Railroad Whistleblower
- DoD Whistleblowers Get Little Support from Inspector General’s Office
- OSHA Orders Charles Schwab to Reinstate Two Whistleblowers
- Ninth Circuit Strengthens Public Employee Whistleblower Protection
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Speaks on Whistleblower Law at National Employment Lawyers Association Conference
- ARB Adopts Burlington Northern Standard for Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Testifies Before the DC Council About Recommendations for Strengthening the DC Whistleblower Protection Act
- Legal Times Reports About The Employment Law Group® Law Firm’s Landmark Success in Whistleblower Protection Act Case
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Prevails in Appeal of Whistleblower Protection Act Case
- The Employment Law Group® Establishes Favorable Precedent in a False Claims Act Retaliation Case
- California Governor Signs into Law New Whistleblower Protections for City and County Employees
- Medicare Pays Billions for False Claims
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Calls for Congress to Include Whistleblower Protections in Bailout Bill
- GAP Report Seeks Overhaul of Corporate Whistleblower Protection Laws
- Texas District Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard in SOX Case
- DOL Decides in Favor of Federal Agency Whistleblower
- Sponsors of SOX Whistleblower Provision Disappointed with DOL’s Efforts to Undermine SOX Whistleblower Protection
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publishes Column on Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Protection
- DOL Clarifies that SOX protects Employees of Subsidiaries of Publicly Traded Companies
- Federal Jury Awards $2.8 Million to Ferry Whistleblower
- House Passes Legislation to Strengthen FAA Procedures
- Citibank Settles Claims of Theft after Three Year Investigation
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Establishes that Statements on U-5’s Are Not Absolutely Privileged
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Continues to Prevail in SOX Whistleblower Cases Despite Unfavorable Statistics
- Congress Enacts Whistleblower Protection Law to Enhance Consumer Product Safety
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Establishes Precedent in Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Dispute
- Federal Circuit Reverses MSPB Dismissal under the Whistleblower Protection Act
- Podcast of Whistleblower Conference Available Online
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Will Speak at Program on The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public’s Right to Know
- Supreme Court Issues Pivotal Decision About Subcontractor Liability under the False Claims Act
- Organizations Rally to Restore Federal Whistleblower Rights
- U.S. Tax Court Proposes Amendments to IRS Whistleblower Award Program
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Helps DC Whistleblower Expose Improper Road Contracts
- Principals of The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Publish Article on Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation Claims
- Medtronic Settles False Claims Act Suit for $75 Million
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is Quoted in Article on Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
- Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of False Claims Act Retaliation Claim
- House Passes Legislation to Curb Contractor Fraud
- cyberFEDS Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm About Federal Whistleblower Protections
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Briefs Congressional Members and Staff About Whistleblower Protections
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Will Speak at Program on Litigating Whistleblower Retaliation Cases
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Obtains $1 Million Verdict in Sexual Harrasment Case
- Federal Circuit Vacates MSPB Ruling on the Standard for Evaluating Protected Conduct under the Whistleblower Protection Act
- Texas Federal Court Applies Broad Construction of Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Provision
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm is a Contributing Author of ABA Update on Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
- SOX Protected Conduct Includes the Disclosure of a Violation of Any SEC Rule or Regulation
- Ethics Resource Center Underscores the Need for Stronger Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees
- President Signs into Law New Whistleblower Protections for Employees of Defense Contractors
- Fifth Circuit Decision Clarifies the Scope of Protected Conduct Under SOX
- New Bill Protects Whistleblower Disclosures to Congress
- NJ Adopts False Claims Act
- President Signs Legislation Amending FOIA
- IRS Issues Guidelines for Whistleblowers Reporting Tax Fraud
- Senate Passes Landmark Whistleblower Legislation
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Named as a Top Firm for Whistleblower Law
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Establishes New Precedent Under SOX
- The Employment Law Group® Law Firm Files Amicus Brief in High Profile SOX Case
- Congresswoman Woolsey Introduces Landmark Whistleblower Protection Legislation
- Legislation Protecting Consumer Safety Whistleblowing Advances in the Senate
- Whistleblower Disclosures Result in Recoveries of $1.45 Billion in FY 2007
- The National Law Journal Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm About SOX Whistleblower Protection
- The Financial Times Quotes The Employment Law Group® Law Firm About SOX
- Congress Enacts New Whistleblower Protections for Transportation Workers
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