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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Nursing Home to Pay $28M for Poor Care and False Billing

by Sylvia Hsieh | Lawyers.com on 3/11/2013

A jury ordered a nursing home to pay over $28 million for fraudulent billing, providing worthless services and for retaliating against two employees who complained about the shoddy care at the facility. ...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

Labor Letter - November 2012

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 11/6/2012

In This Issue: - Preventing Off-Duty Employee Access By Reyburn Lominack and Matthew Korn (Columbia): Many employers prohibit off-duty employees from accessing the workplace. This is particularly true of employers...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