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New Whistleblower Laws and Policies In Effect for 2020

There has never been a time in American history when whistleblowers have had more protections afforded to them than they do right now. The last 10 years have seen significant Read More

Assisted Living Companies Settle Disability Bias Suit for $2 Million

An assisted living company, Prestige Care, Inc., and its subsidiaries recently agreed to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity commission for $2 million. In the suit, the Read More

Former Hospice Executive Claims Wrongful Termination After Blowing the Whistle on Medicare Fraud

Jake Summers, the former executive director of LHC Group Inc. (an Idaho-based health care group), claims to have been terminated for reporting what he believed to have been Medicare fraud. Read More

Judge Rules False Claims Act Suit Against Team Health Holdings, Inc. May Proceed

Team Health Holdings, Inc., a physician staffing firm, will have to face a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging the company overbilled Medicaid and Medicare for services not performed. This is Read More

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Triples Award in Wrongful Termination Claim

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled a worker deserved more than $1 million in compensation—more than three times what a jury awarded her—after she was terminated for complaining about Read More

Dallas Independent School District Once Again Becomes Focus of a Whistleblower Claim

The Dallas Independent School District has had several issues in recent years that have made it the target of whistleblower lawsuits. In the most recent case, the district’s chief auditor Read More

Tenet Healthcare Corp. Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $1.4 Million

Tenet Healthcare Corp. and one of the California hospitals under its umbrella agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit. The suit alleged the company implanted pacemakers Read More

Transit Organization Fires its CEO After Whistleblower Investigation

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) authority in Tampa recently terminated its Chief Executive Officer Ben Limmer after a whistleblower complaint and investigation into his improper conduct. The transit authority board Read More

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