FINRA Busts Brokerage Firm For Misleading the Elderly
by Brian Mahany David Lerner Associates, Inc is the latest stockbroker to come under scrutiny by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Regulators say the company targeted elderly and...
View ArticleMore Bad News for David Lerner Clients –“Unpriced Securities”
by Brian Mahany Just last week I spoke with a pleasant sounding woman who had invested heavily with a David Lerner Associates broker in an Apple REIT (real estate investment trust). She was calling for...
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Forbes
Uber Faces New Class Action Suit By Drivers by Erik Sherman | Link to original source (136K) Just as Uber settled a pair of class action suits with its drivers in Massachusetts and California, here...
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Cook County Record
Uber hit with class actions from drivers claiming they should be treated as employees under FLSA by Jonathan Bilyk | Link to original source (120K) In the wake of ride-sharing company Uber’s settlement...
View ArticleUBER Faces America-wide Lawsuit over Drivers’ Independent Contractor Status &...
UBER national lawsuit? After settling the Uber driver lawsuits in California and Massachusetts, the company is up against its greatest legal challenge yet – a high profile activist driver with a...
View ArticleDrug Rehab Faces Massive Whistleblower Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in a massive whistleblower lawsuit against Narco Freedom. A non-profit company, Narco Freedom operated 21 outpatient rehabilitation facilities in New York...
View ArticleLorri Trosper Becomes the Voice of Uber Drivers: Trosper’s All-Driver Lawsuit
What is the secret of Uber’s success? According to Forbes’ Daniel Fisher, the company attained its $60 billion market value “by disregarding just about every law, regulation and entrenched special...
View ArticleDisgraced Shipbuilder Gets Contract to Build More Ships
Bollinger Shipyards was awarded a contract to build 26 Coast Guard cutters. The estimated value of the contract is $1.7 billion. The contract award comes just five months after the company paid $8.5...
View ArticleUber Driver Was Granted Unemployment Benefits
Last March, as Uber still awaited larger scale decisions in lawsuits over similar issues, a former Uber driver was awarded $9000 of unemployment benefits. While Uber sources try to claim the case was...
View ArticleDoc’s BK Attempt to Avoid Whistleblower Lawsuit Fails!
[Ed. Note. This story is in two parts. Part one outlines the attempt of Dr. Asad Ullah Qamar to avoid a whistleblower Medicare fraud lawsuit by filing bankruptcy. Since the first post was written, the...
View ArticleWhistleblower Awards for Banks That Hide Fraud Losses
We are a big proponent of bank compliance officers. Finally, after decades of financial funny business, big banks are starting to pay lip service to federal anti-money laundering and compliance...
View ArticleJudge to Company – “Don’t Sue Whistleblower for Taking Documents”
Companies engaged in wrongdoing hate whistleblowers. Since 1863, Congress has provided whistleblowers powerful incentives to report fraud and misconduct. The federal False Claims Act pays...
View ArticleCounterfeit Chemo Drugs Lead to Qui Tam Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice settled a qui tam lawsuit with Dr. John Kiraly and his wife Rena. Dr. Kiraly is an oncologist in Lodi, California. Prosecutors say that he was importing chemotherapy...
View ArticleTrucking Co. Customer Reps Win Back Overtime
A federal judge approved a $3.6 million overtime settlement for dozens customer service representatives at Swift Transportation. The payment ends a collective action brought by the workers under the...
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Law360
Wyly Ruling Shows Good Advice Can’t Shield Bad Intentions by Vidya Kauri | Link to original source (99K) Texas bankruptcy court’s ruling Tuesday that found billionaire Sam Wyly and his late brother...
View ArticleWhistleblower Investigation – BiCNU – Emcure Pharmaceuticals
The FDA and Pharmaceutical Integrity Coalition report that counterfeit drugs have been detected in Europe. The drug, called BiCNU or carmustine, is used to treat several life threatening diseases...
View ArticleCome Clean or Go to Prison – Gov’t Targets Pharma Rep
Medicare fraud prosecutions usually target pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and healthcare providers. We have seen hundreds of prosecutions in recent years, everything from pharmaceutical companies...
View ArticleFrom Nursing Home King to Inmate – Anti Kickback Statute Post
This blog has devoted significant space to the house of horrors formally known as Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago. Although the criminal case dealt mostly with Medicare fraud, shocking testimony...
View ArticleTo Hell with the Victims – Whistleblower Awards Post
“To hell with the bloody victims.” That is an actual quote from a story published by the National Mortgage News. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Florida has intentionally left mortgage relief funds...
View ArticleFirst Time Workers Often Wage Theft Victims – FLSA Post
KMBC TV of Kansas City, Missouri reports that many “first time workers” in the service industry are taken advantage of by their employers. Common complaints include not being paid for all hours worked,...
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