Timeshare Workers Sue Holiday’s Lounge for Unpaid Overtime The economy is booming, consumer spending is up yet some stingy employers still refuse to pay workers overtime. A 1930’s Depression ear statute, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), makes those practices illegal. Unless exempt, most workers are entitled to be paid overtime for all hours in […]
Bank of America Exec Settles $100 Million Discrimination Claim
Omeed Malik Settles Discrimination, Defamation Claims Against Bank Omeed Malik was a rising star at Bank of America. What made him somewhat unique was his Middle Eastern descent. Bank of America’s “Supporting Inclusion” diversity page proudly notes that the bank does not discriminate on the basis of gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race and […]
Mozambique and Foreign Bribery (FCPA Post)
Few people pay much attention to what happens in the African nation of Mozambique. A quiet war is waging between Muslim jihadists and the government. To date both the jihadists (known locally as al-Shabab) and the government appear quite inept at fighting one another. The bigger battle, however, is being fought over mining rights and […]
8 Step Guide to Pharmaceutical Whistleblower Lawsuits
In April, we wrote about the importance of pharmaceutical fraud whistleblowers and received some great questions from our readers on what types of FDA violations constitute a “false claim,” what rights pharmaceutical whistleblowers have, and the FDA pharma whistleblower claims process. To help pharmaceutical professionals who know of a domestic or international pharmaceutical manufacturer, compounding […]
Justice Department to Medical Device Co: “Don’t Lie”
Medical Device Maker AngioDynamics to Pay $12.5 Million A New York medical device manufacturer must pay $12.5 million to resolve claims that the company defrauded Medicare. Prosecutors say that AngioDynamics lied about the safety of its products. Court documents reveal that the company served as the distributor for two medical device products, LC Bead and […]
Wells Fargo Whistleblowers Post – What Employees Need to Know
Wells Fargo Whistleblowers and the Mortgage Modification Wrongful Foreclosure Scandal Ahhh, Wells Fargo (or Hells’ Cargo as it is affectionately known in the office.) How can a company be so inept? Scandal after scandal after scandal. This time, regulators are demanding answers about why the company wrongfully foreclosed on hundreds of homes. Entire families displaced […]
Tired of Robocalls? Court OKs Freedom Mortgage Lawsuit
Federal Judge Greenlights Lawsuit Filed by Freedom Mortgage Customers For Repetitive and Unwanted Telemarketing Calls Robocalls… Everybody hates them. Even the people that work in the call centers making these calls hates them. One person who worked making calls for an insurance company tells us half the people who worked at her call center were […]
Law360
Freedom Mortgage Can’t Shake 2 TCPA Class Actions In NJ by Bill Wichert | Link to original source (66K) Freedom Mortgage Corp. lost separate bids to escape two putative class actions over allegedly unsolicited phone calls when a New Jersey federal judge ruled Thursday that the customers’ lawsuits supported their claims under the Telephone Consumer […]
“We Need More Bodies” – Anti-Kickback Whistleblower Post
In late 2016, prosecutors indicted 21 people in a Dallas area healthcare fraud scheme involving illegal bribes and kickbacks. Authorities say that several physicians and hospital administrators cooked up an elaborate scheme to bilk tens of millions from insurance companies. Since the indictments were announced, several have pleaded guilty. This week, the kingpin of the […]
Foreign & Shoddy Steel – Whistleblower Rewards Post
We have accepted cases involving foreign steel used in bridges, a government hospital, an airport, even the expansion of the street car system in New Orleans. What do all these foreign steel cases have in common? The use of foreign steel is illegal in most government funded contracts. It is also often dangerous. Separate from […]
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