• posted: Aug. 03, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• billing claims,  whistleblower case

The U.S. Department of Justice has entered an Alabama False Claims Act trial in an effort to advise against a hospice chain’s request to divide its upcoming trial into two Read More

• posted: Jul. 30, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• Chapter 11 liquidation plan,  liquidating trust,  unlawful activity

On June 10, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alleged that the proposed Chapter 11 liquidation plan of Liberty Medical Supply Inc. restricts the federal agency’s rights to recover funds it Read More

• posted: Jul. 27, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights,  Whistleblower Litigation
• disability leave

The Sixth Circuit of Appeals confirmed financial planner Michael Rhinehimer’s $250,000 award in his lawsuit against his former employer, U.S. Bancorp, for retaliation against a complaint. Through affirming Rhinehimer’s case, the Read More

• posted: Jul. 23, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• sexual harassment,  sexual relationship,  unfairly terminated,  witness

A U.S. Magistrate, Judge Leslie G. Foschio, decided on June 10 that Hodgson Russ LLP would continue to be allowed to defend New York charter bus company, Carrier Coach Inc., Read More

• posted: Jul. 20, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• criminal conspiracy,  federal tax evasion,  file a whistleblower complaint

A tax court recently ruled that giving information to federal agencies and a division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) before filing an Application for Award for Original Information (also Read More

• posted: Jul. 16, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• internal affairs,  protect your rights,  retaliation whistleblower claim

A police officer from Millburn, New Jersey was recently awarded $145,000 in a whistleblower lawsuit against the city. Sergeant Robert Ronceray initially filed the complaint in June 2013 against the Read More

• posted: Jul. 13, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• expense reimbursements,  unlawful termination

In 2012, a jury ruled that Bayer Corporation had unlawfully terminated one of its sales representatives, Mike Townsend, because he alerted the Arkansas Attorney General to incidents of physicians overbilling Read More

• posted: Jul. 09, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• investigative standards,  supporting evidence,  whistleblower investigations,  whistleblower protection laws

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new memo to clarify the investigative standards it has in place for its whistleblower investigations. There are more than 20 Read More

• posted: Jul. 07, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• labor rights activists,  overtime salary,  pay standards,  poverty line

President Barack Obama recently proposed raising the threshold for overtime salary to $50,400 in an op-ed he penned for the Huffington Post. Currently, the threshold is less than half that Read More

• posted: Jul. 06, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• expose wrongdoing,  Maine Whistleblower Protection Act,  protected whistleblower disclosures

A recent case, Peasley v. Regis Corporation, resulted in a jury awarding $80,000 in punitive damages to the plaintiff, a hair stylist named Valerie Peasley. The claim was filed under Read More

• posted: Jul. 02, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• isocyanate antibodies,  preliminary injunction

On May 7, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) succeeded in obtaining a preliminary injunction in a whistleblower claim, which kept the Lear Corporation from being able to retaliate Read More

• posted: Jun. 29, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• Internal Revenue Service,  wrongdoing within a corporation

New evidence from nonprofit advocacy organizations Common Cause and the Center for Media and Discovery bolsters claims that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been falsely portraying itself as Read More

• posted: Jun. 25, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• administrative proceedings,  anti-corruption laws,  international anti-corruption

There have been some significant developments in the world of international anti-corruption laws in recent months. The following are a few examples: Greater transparency in corporate charging decisions. Assistant Attorney General Read More

• posted: Jun. 22, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Employee Rights
• racial slur

Reya C. Boyer-Liberto, a cocktail waitress, recently filed a lawsuit against the Maryland hotel she worked at, claiming she was fired after complaining about people using racial slurs against her. Read More

• posted: Jun. 18, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Whistleblower Litigation
• internal company policies,  Sarbanes-Oxley violation,  violated federal law

The recent decision in the Pennsylvania case of Westawski v. Merck & Co, Inc. clarified a rule stating whenever someone files a whistleblower complaint about a Sarbanes-Oxley violation against a Read More

• posted: Jun. 15, 2015
• Martindale Admin
• Graft and Corruption
• FOIA,  Freedom of Information Act,  retaliate,  U.S. Marshals Service

Multiple whistleblowers have come forward from the U.S. Marshals Service, claiming that leadership within the agency uses requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to retaliate against individuals because Read More