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DOJ & KBR Want $826K Ask For Whistleblower Fees Tossed - Law360
for $826,000 in attorney fees and expenses should be axed because counsel for the whistleblower who initiated False Claims Act accusations connected to the Iraq War didn't do any legal work in the ...
Read moreWhy expanding access to legal counsel is crucial to improving affordable housing conditions and health outcome - The Business Journals
It’s no secret Atlanta is facing an affordable housing crisis, but what is often missing from the public debate is the crippling cost low-income renters must shoulder to fend off lawsuits by someti...
Read moreMedicare fraud whistleblowers make strong showing at high court - Courthouse News Service
WASHINGTON (CN) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan signaled a win Tuesday for supermarket whistleblowers who say that Supervalu and Safeway fraudulently reported drug prices to bigger reimbursemen...
Read moreCase: Wage & Hour/Tip Pool (N.D. Tex.) - Bloomberg Law
Three former fast food restaurant employees’ motion for partial summary judgment is granted, and Rufe Snow Investments, LLC’s motion for partial summary judgment is denied, on the employees’ claims...
Read moreSpencer Taco Bell workers awarded $22000 in back wages - KPVI News 6
SPENCER, Iowa -- A dozen workers at a Spencer Taco Bell restaurant were awarded more than $22,000 in back wages and damages after a federal investigation determined their manager was shorting thei...
Read moreExecutive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and ... - The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. High-quality early care and educatio...
Read moreFormer HR director sues employer for age discrimination - HRD America
Ex-employee claimed he was 'treated differently than younger employees in similar positions of employment' A former senior human resources director has filed a case against international conglomera...
Read moreGov. Edwards Releases Bipartisan Legislative Agenda - Governor John Bel Edwards
BATON ROUGE, La. – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards released the bills in his 2023 legislative package, the final regular legislative session of his second term. “This package of bipartisan legislation...
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$25 Million False Claims Act Settlement Against Global Consulting Firm Signals DOJ Fraud Division’s Continuing Scrutiny of Employment Practices - Dentons
Last month, the DOJ issued a memorandum announcing its priorities for the newly-created National Fraud Enforcement Division (“Fraud Division”), signaling the administration’s intent to create a sin...