Bank of America Mistreats The Disabled – A True Story of One Mans Struggle...
by Brian Mahany On Friday I was chatting with one of our good friends, Marx Sterbcow of Sterbcow Law* in New Orleans. We often pursue the same type cases and invariably, we can’t discuss the outcomes....
View ArticleEx San Diego Mayor Squanders $1 Billion But Too Ill To Stand Trial (Fraud Post)
by Brian Mahany Politicians can be greedy like anyone else. Unfortunately, society is filled with people who would rather steal, cheat and commit fraud… anything but a hard days work. Former San Diego...
View ArticleAnother Shale Bond Default – Energy XXI Ltd.
Energy XXI Ltd filed for bankruptcy this week, the latest victim of low oil prices. There have already been almost 60 oil and gas companies that have filed for bankruptcy since the summer of 2014 with...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Medicaid Fraud – When Patients Suffer
Usually we post current news stories, including weekly posts about Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Today’s post is different. Although we often read how much money was awarded to whistleblowers or how...
View ArticleChamber’s Dumb Arguments Against the Overtime Rule
Many years ago I learned that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce does not represent most businesses. Instead, the Chamber has become beholden to a small percentage of big businesses, often businesses with...
View ArticleAre Church and Religious Workers Covered by the FLSA?
Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1938 as America was beginning to recover from the Great Depression. After years of unemployment, workers would often take any job offered no...
View ArticleTwo More Oil Businesses Hit the Skids: Goodrich Petroleum and Seventy Seven...
Low oil prices have claimed two more casualties, Goodrich Petroleum and Seventy Seven Energy. Since oil prices tanked two years ago, almost 60 U.S. oil and gas and oil service companies have filed for...
View ArticleMedicaid Fraud – Fed Audit Finds 10 States at High Risk
Medicaid fraud costs taxpayers an estimated $17.5 billion per year. Add in Medicare fraud and the costs could be well over $50 billion per year. Congress and regulators have been trying to stop the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Supreme Court Hears Implied Certification Whistleblower Case
History was made yesterday. The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Universal Health Services vs. United States of America ex rel Escobar. How the court decides will impact the...
View ArticlePanama Papers… Who is Next (IRS Whistleblower Post)
Unreported offshore accounts have long been a tool of the rich hoping to evade taxes. While the average American struggles to make ends meet, a few ultra wealthy folks think it is perfectly acceptable...
View ArticleFlorida Doc Tries Bankruptcy to Avoid Whistleblower Lawsuit
Dr. Asad Qamar and his cardiovascular practice, the Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence PLLC, filed for bankruptcy protection this week. The bankruptcy comes on the heels of a failed attempt to...
View ArticleWhistleblower Awards for Reporting Charity Fraudsters
One of my favorite newspapers is the New York Post. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you are stealing you aren’t safe from the eagle eyes and sharp pencils of the Post. Hardly a day goes by without...
View ArticleDrug Rehab Faces Massive Whistleblower Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a massive whistleblower lawsuit against Narco Freedom. A non-profit company, Narco Freedom operated 21 outpatient rehabilitation facilities in New York...
View ArticleDisgraced Shipbuilder Gets Contract to Build More Ships
Bollinger Shipyards was awarded a contract to build 26 Coast Guard cutters. The estimated value of the contract is $1.7 billion. The contract award comes just five months after the company paid $8.5...
View ArticleUber Driver Was Granted Unemployment Benefits
Last March, as Uber still awaited larger scale decisions in lawsuits over similar issues, a former Uber driver was awarded $9000 of unemployment benefits. While Uber sources try to claim the case was...
View ArticleDoc’s BK Attempt to Avoid Whistleblower Lawsuit Fails!
[Ed. Note. This story is in two parts. Part one outlines the attempt of Dr. Asad Ullah Qamar to avoid a whistleblower Medicare fraud lawsuit by filing bankruptcy. Since the first post was written, the...
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JD Journal
More Uber Worker Misclassification Lawsuits Filed by Teresa Lo | Link to original source (112K) Less than two weeks after Uber settled its California and Massachusetts misclassification lawsuits, other...
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Inc.
Inside the Brand-New Class-Action Suit Against Uber Contractors or employees? It’s the question that just won’t die for Uber. by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin | Link to original source (131K) Is Uber...
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Forbes
Uber Faces New Class Action Suit By Drivers by Erik Sherman | Link to original source (136K) Just as Uber settled a pair of class action suits with its drivers in Massachusetts and California, here...
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Cook County Record
Uber hit with class actions from drivers claiming they should be treated as employees under FLSA by Jonathan Bilyk | Link to original source (120K) In the wake of ride-sharing company Uber’s settlement...
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