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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

False Claims Act Focus - April 2013

by Mary Beth Bosco, Laurence Freedman, Michael Guiffre, Susan Baldwin Hendrix, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/15/2013

EDITOR’S NOTE - The last few months have not failed to provide interesting False Claims Act (FCA) activity in the courts. We begin our newsletter by examining a case brought in the energy sector, alleging that a...more

Employee Is Protected By Whistleblower Provisions Of The Labor Code When He Or She Reports Illegal Conduct By A Fellow Employee

by Laura Izon Powell, Bruce A. Scheidt, Kristianne Seargeant, David W. Tyra | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 2/19/2013

A terminated employee brought claims against his former employer for wrongful termination in violation of the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”), public policy, and the whistleblower protections provided by the Labor Code. ...more

TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA), INC. and POLYTOP CORPORATION v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

AMICUS BRIEF OF OCEAN STATE POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

by Matthew Fabisch on 12/8/2010

This is an Amicus Brief filed by Fabisch Law on behalf of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute urging the Rhode Island Supreme Court to remand the Deepwater Wind decision to the Public Utilities Commission and to...more