Feds Find 2000 Ag Workers Owed Wages – FLSA Wage Theft Post
Farming is not an easy occupation. Having lived on a farm, I know all about getting up at 4:00 am everyday to milk cows. Ag workers know that the work doesn’t stop simply because it is a holiday or a...
View ArticleCorrections Officers Get $2m to Settle Wage Claims – Wage Theft Post
A group of present and former corrections officers in Nashville will be seeing a nice bump in their next paycheck. Officers with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office filed several wage claims against...
View ArticleOne Hundred Million Unsafe Prescription Drugs – Whistleblower Post
The International Journal of Health Services says that over the last 18 years, 17 different drugs were approved for patient use in the U.S. and later pulled because they were unsafe. That may not sound...
View ArticleSham Veteran Owned Biz Owner GUILTY – SDVOSB Whistleblower Post
A Boston federal court jury found the owner of a phony service disabled, veteran owned business guilty of a $100 million fraud. David Gorski was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government...
View ArticleWhat Does Enterprise-Rent-a-Car and a St Louis Hotel Co. Have in Common?
The title of this post sounds like the introduction to a joke. “What does Enterprise-Rent-A-Car and a St. Louis hotel operator have in common?” It’s no joke however. Both companies are headquartered...
View ArticleWage Theft Updates: Service Industry, Food Service and More
Employees suffering from wage theft continue to rack up big victories. Failure to pay most workers minimum wage or overtime at time and one half is a federal offense. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop...
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Healthcare Dive
Supreme Court upholds implied certification theory under the FCA by Julie Henry | Link to original source (105K) In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled last Thursday the “implied...
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Class action lawsuit: Wisconsin Uber drivers sue Uber Fox 6 – Local News by Ben Handelman | Link to original source Uber is being sued by its own drivers! A lawsuit was filed in federal court on...
View ArticleGood News for Wisconsin Uber Drivers – (Benefits and Wage Theft)
The national wage theft legal team at MahanyLaw has filed the first class action lawsuit against Uber this week. The suit seeks to reclassify drivers as employees and recover unpaid expenses, tips and...
View ArticleAids Clinic Kickback Scheme Leads to Jail – Medicare Fraud
The former operator of several HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for his role in a $12 million Medicare Fraud scheme. George Juvier previously pleaded...
View ArticleHow to Fight the Puppy Killers… and WIN! – FCPA Whistleblower Post
Last week social media was abuzz after an animal rescue group posted photos of a purported massacre of bomb sniffing K9s in Kuwait. The dogs were apparently killed after a U.S. security company lost a...
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Journal Sentinel
Former Uber driver sues company, saying he is owed overtime, tips by Bruce Vielmetti | Link to original source (122K) A former driver for Uber has sued the giant ride-hailing company in federal court,...
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Milwaukee Magazine
Milwaukee-area Driver Sues Uber by Tom Tolan | Link to original source (118K) Lawsuit claims drivers should be classified as employees; class action sought A Milwaukee area driver is suing Uber...
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Madison – St. Clair Record
Police dispatcher accuses Cairo officials of unpaid overtime wages Link to original source (77K) A police dispatcher is suing Cairo, alleging unpaid wages and violations of workers compensation acts....
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Local Uber driver sues company by John Mercure | Link to original source A former Milwaukee Uber driver is suing the company over the amount of money he’s making working for the ride sharing service....
View ArticleYellow Cab Settles Medicaid Fraud Charge (Whistleblower Lawyer)
What do Yellow Cabs and Medicaid Fraud have in common? If you live in Dallas, a lot. In 2012 three former Yellow Cab employees blew the whistle on their employer. The three said that cab companies were...
View ArticleIndependence Day Message for Whistleblowers
The year was 1976. I was not quite 18 years old and already in college. I remember being home for the summer and watching the tall ships sail through New York Harbor. Although spirits were high for the...
View Article$3 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries “Isn’t Enough”? We Agree!
Vinson & Elkins is one of the largest law firms in the nation. It didn’t grow so big and powerful representing whistleblowers in False Claims Act lawsuits, however. It makes its money representing...
View ArticleCharitable Donation or Kickback? Medicare Fraud Post
A former vice president of Accredo Health Group has sued Accredo and its affiliates claiming they committed Medicare fraud by engaging in a kickback scheme with certain charities that support...
View ArticleDoc Guilty in Medicare Fraud Lab Referral Scheme
Mention “Medicare fraud” and everyone forms a different mental picture. Some folks think about patients abusing the national healthcare program to buy unnecessary pain medications. Others think of...
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