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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review 2017

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A LOOK BACK... A LOOK AHEAD - While the uncertainty associated with legislative efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dominated most of the headlines for the healthcare industry last year,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Massachusetts Supreme Court Holds That "Self-Help Discovery" Is Protected Activity

Verdrager v. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., 474 Mass. 382 (2016) - Brief Summary - The Massachusetts Supreme Court held that it is "protected activity" (i.e., conduct that an employee may engage...more

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Can Employers Discipline Employees for “Self-Help Discovery”? Massachusetts Decision Raises More Questions Than Answers

Employers know all too well that employees sometimes help themselves to documents the employer would like to keep confidential. This is precisely why many employers require employees to sign confidentiality agreements and...more

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Massachusetts High Court Paves Way for Employees to Engage in ‘Self-Help’ Discovery

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The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that, in certain instances, an employee can access and obtain an employer’s records in order to support a claim of employment discrimination. Verdrager v. Mintz Levin, No....more

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Employee’s Self-Help Discovery May Be Protected Activity Under Massachusetts Anti-Retaliation Law

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On May 31, 2016, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held in Verdrager v. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. that an employee’s accessing, copying and forwarding of an employer’s confidential documents...more

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