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The law continues to reward whistleblowers who fight fraud
June 5th, 2017
The courts have long recognized the vital role that whistleblowers play in the nation’s system of justice. Without the assistance of whistleblowers, significant and costly legal violations would happen without any meaningful accountability for the…
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Some whistleblowers left in the lurch by agency delay
October 17th, 2016
Many have heard about the recent disclosures regarding Wells Fargo & Co. opening unauthorized accounts for clients, which forced the bank’s Chief Executive Officer to resign abruptly under a cloud of controversy. As it turns out, however, enfor…
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Victory for whistleblowers under the false claims act
July 1st, 2016
In Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States of America, et al. ex rel. Escobar, et al., a unanimous Supreme Court rendered a landmark decision for whistleblowers under the False Claims Act and for taxpayers in general. In that case, the Supre…
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Deliberate difference: the tragedy in Flint
March 1st, 2016
Recent events have attracted widespread attention to a serious problem that has existed without much public outcry until now. Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan imposed an unelected city “manager” on the City of Flint several years ago. This unelec…
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Defendant gamesmanship curtailed in employment, civil rights, and consumer protection cases
February 1st, 2016
Contrary to its typical approach in recent years, the Supreme Court ruled in a way that enhances enforcement activity in employment, civil rights, and consumer protection cases. Until this Supreme Court decision, in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, defen…
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The intersection of labor & employment law, civil rights, and consumer protection
January 4th, 2016
Recent media reports have declared that forced labor taints the nation’s food supply chains, from farms in Western Africa and surrounding Southeast Asia to supermarkets in the United States. This is big business according to a United Nations study,…
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Outsourcing the rule of law via the TPP agreement
October 13th, 2015
Agents of numerous countries, led by the United States, have engaged in closed-door meetings about a secret agreement to create rights for foreign corporations and other “investors” to challenge domestic consumer protections, environmental provis…
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Rating agency may pay $1 billion to settle mortgage-related fraud claims
January 19th, 2015
Although the banksters and their accomplices have emerged from the Great Recession largely unscathed, many people across the country still struggle now. For those among the proverbial 99%, the news of a potential settlement between the Department of…
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Supreme court decision strikes another blow against workplace fairness
December 22nd, 2014
In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, a unanimous Supreme Court recently ruled that companies do not have to pay employees for the time employees must spend being subjected to daily anti-theft screening procedures imposed by employers. Notab…
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Supreme Court summarily rejects heightened pleading requirement for civil rights plaintiffs
November 13th, 2014
In Johnson v. City of Shelby, the entire Supreme Court recently addressed what is enough for civil rights plaintiffs to state a valid claim concerning alleged violations of constitutional rights. In a unanimous per curiam decision – meaning an opin…
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