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Corporate Counsel

SEC Names Veteran Staffer to Lead Whistleblower Office

Nicole Creola Kelly has been with the agency more than two decades, most recently as senior special counsel in the Office of the General Counsel.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Importance of Whistleblowers in False Claims Act Lawsuits—Kaiser Permanente/MAO

In the six whistleblower lawsuits against Kaiser Permanente consortium members in which the Department of Justice intervened in July 2021, the whistleblowers allege that Kaiser violated the False Claims Act in its operation of Medicare Advantage plans
6 minute read

Law.com

Kirby McInerney Announces Largest Award to Single Whistleblower

The award is the largest, publicly announced single whistleblower award from the Dodd-Frank whistleblower reward program. The recipient was not identified.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

From the SEC to Women's Pro Soccer, Lawyers Zero In on Whistleblowers and Their Protections

At Friday's Women, Influence & Power in Law conference, hosted by Law.com's Corporate Counsel, attorneys spoke about new incentives for whistleblowers, the roles they play in investigations and the kinds of protections whistleblowers can receive.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Who Disclosed Attack on Trans Rights Has Settled Whistleblower Suit With US Education Dept.

A Philadelphia lawyer revealed the federal agency's mishandling of a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing transgender students to participate in sports in accordance to their gender identities.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Why the Facebook Whistleblower Turned to the SEC

Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who has gone public with claims about the harms the social media giant is causing to American society, turned over company documents to the SEC as part of the commission's whistleblower program.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Here's How Plaintiffs Lawyers Got $188,000 Fee Award in False Claims Act Litigation

The settlement and fee award represent a rare victory for McOmber, McOmber & Luber, the firm representing Margaret Gathman, in the unforgiving terrain of False Claims Act litigation. The firm's Charles Kocher and Matthew Luber handled the case for Gathman.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Artificial Intelligence Purveyor Faces Whistleblower Suit Over Exaggerations About Product Portfolio

When McGowan said he could not close a deal to sell a system for detecting unemployment insurance fraud because the company had no such product, the company CEO told him to "sell them something," the suit claims.
4 minute read

Law.com

Office Reopening Plans Spurred Uptick in the Filing of COVID-19 Employment Lawsuits

Fisher & Phillips' COVID-19 Employment Litigation Tracker cited nearly double the number of lawsuits related to the COVID-19 pandemic from June 1 through Aug. 31, when compared to the same period in 2020. A large share of the lawsuits allege that employers did not accommodate employees who wanted to work remotely.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Ghost-Written,' 'One-Sided' and 'Half-Baked': What Lawyers Are Saying About Texas AG Paxton's Report Clearing Himself

The report stands in sharp contrast to the independent investigation New York Attorney General Letitia James conducted into allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. If the New York investigation were handled like the Texas one, Cuomo would have exonerated himself of wrongdoing and stayed in office, said Carlos Soltero of Soltero Sapire Murrell in Austin.
4 minute read

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