Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law, Government Contracting

Three California Contractors Fined a Total of $1.8 Million For Willful Violation of CA Wage, Apprenticeship Laws

by Matt Nusbaum | Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 5/17/2013

As reported in the Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report, three contractors were found by the California Labor Commissioner to have “willfully” violated state wage and apprenticeship laws. The contractors were ordered to pay over...more

Federal Construction Contractors Beware: OFCCP Wants You!

by Scott Kelly | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/13/2013

Even though the Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has not yet promulgated its promised revised construction contractor regulations, the agency sent the construction contracting community a clear enforcement...more

Recent Multi-Million Dollar Whistleblower Jury Awards — A Wake-Up Call For Employers

by Rachel Fischer, Michael Graham, Harris M. Mufson, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 4/16/2013

In what might be an unsettling trend for employers, juries in Philadelphia and Anchorage have recently issued multi-million dollar jury awards in favor of whistleblowers. Specifically, on March 22, 2013, a Philadelphia Common...more

Seven Tips to Protect Your Facility from a False Claims Act Lawsuit

by Amy McCracken | Duane Morris LLP on 4/8/2013

The False Claims Act is a federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies who make false claims for payment to the federal government. Many states have similar laws. The Act encourages whistleblowers to file suit...more

Fourth Circuit Holds FCA Statute Of Limitations Tolled By Wartime Suspension Of Limitations Act

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/8/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) statute of limitations can be tolled by the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (WSLA) in civil qui tam actions in which the...more

Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims by In-House Counsel

by Jeanne Barber, Edward Ellis, Linda Jackson, Earl (Chip) M. Jones III, Gregory Keating, Allan King, Patricia Martin, Amy Mendenhall, Roberta Ruiz | Littler on 4/1/2013

In This Issue: - Whistleblower protections and in-House Counsel - Sarbanes-oxley - The Dodd-Frank Act - The False Claims Act - Common Law Wrongful Discharge Claims - The Ethical...more

Illinois Jury Found Nursing Home Liable For $28.1 Million In Whistleblower Case Alleging Substandard Care And Resident Abuse

by Anne Cooper, Meredith Duncan, Kara Friedman, Lindsay Kessler, Jason Lundy, Matthew Murer, Hannah Neshek, Chuck Sheets, Kathryn Stalmack, Joseph Van Leer | Polsinelli on 2/22/2013

An Illinois district court jury in United States v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center, Inc. recently issued a verdict on February 11, 2013 imposing $28.1 million in civil penalties on the operators of a nursing home. The nursing...more

Jury Awards $960,000 In First Trial Under New Mexico Whistleblower Law

by Noa Baddish, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 1/28/2013

On January 18, 2013, a former New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) employee prevailed in the first case to reach trial under the state’s Whistleblower Protection Act (NMWPA)....more

Ohio Hospital and Heart Center to Pay $4.4 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations

by King & Spalding on 1/18/2013

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced that EMH Regional Medical Center (EMH), a non-profit community hospital system located in Lorain County, Ohio, and North Ohio Heart Center, Inc. (NOHC),...more

Lessons Learned for the SEC from the False Claims Act and Whistleblowers

by Michael Volkov on 7/24/2012

If you want to see how the SEC’s whistleblower program may look in a few years, all you need to do is take a look at the False Claims Act and the role that whistleblowers play in the enforcement of the...more

The D.C. Circuit Empowers Relators in Qui Tam Actions in United States ex rel. Schweizer v. Océ N.V.

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/31/2012

As discussed in the March 2012 edition of the White Collar Watch, the case of United States ex rel. Schweizer v. Océ N.V. highlights the tension between the interests of qui tam relators and the United States Department of...more

Government Contractors - Fifth Circuit Upholds Exclusivity of Defense Base Act Compensation Scheme for Injuries to Federal...

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/20/2012

On January 12, 2012, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion ending six years of litigation against KBR and Halliburton over injuries and fatalities to contractor drivers in an...more

Amendments To New York State False Claims Act Encourage Qui Tam Actions

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/14/2010

On August 13, 2010, effective August 27, 2010, the New York legislature enacted Chapter 379, turbo-charging the New York False Claims Act (“FCA”), N.Y. State Fin. Law § 187 et seq., and providing would-be whistleblowers with...more

Fourth Circuit Refuses to Stay Implementation of Federal Contractor E-Verify Rule

by FordHarrison on 9/10/2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has denied a motion to stay implementation of the federal contractor E-Verify rule pending resolution of challenges filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several business...more

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