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Sanford Heisler Sharp Files $140 Million ERISA Class Case Against Home Depot on Behalf of More Than 200,000 Retirement Plan Beneficiaries

On Behalf of | April 12, 2018 | ,

Suit alleges that Home Depot Places Employees in Poorly Performing Funds and Causes Employees to Overpay for Robo Investment Advice ATLANTA, April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — and Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP filed a class complaint today in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, alleging that Home Depot violates basic fiduciary duties under ERISA and…

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Everything You Need to Know About the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act

On Behalf of | April 10, 2018 |

While whistleblowers already have several means to report fraud to the federal government—including the False Claims Act, the IRS whistleblower program, and the SEC and CFTC whistleblower programs—there is a new, bipartisan, fraud-fighting law on the books that rewards whistleblowers for valuable information in the auto industry. Since late 2015, the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act (MVSWA) has offered monetary…

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Fraudulent Investment Schemes Continue to Plague Investors: Beware of the “Red Flags”

by | April 9, 2018 | ,

We want to share with you a disturbing tale we heard recently from an investor in a private investment fund. We share this to alert you to “red flags” that signal the high likelihood of investor fraud. If you can spot them, you can better protect yourself from financial predators. The enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act ushered in a new…

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Tipped Off: Recent Developments in Federal Wage Law Affecting Tipped Employees

by | April 9, 2018 |

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) generally requires that employers pay employees at least $7.25 per hour. One of the few exceptions to the rule is “tipped employees” – including waiters, bartenders, and other employees who regularly receive gratuities for performing their jobs. The FLSA allows employers to subsidize the minimum wage paid to the tipped employees with gratuities…

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Beth Burns Former San Diego State Womens Basketball Coach Settles Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

On Behalf of | April 5, 2018 |

Posted April 5th, 2018. For more information contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] SAN DIEGO, APRIL 5, 2018 – Beth Burns, the winningest women’s basketball coach in San Diego State University history (SDSU) inked a final settlement agreement with the University, putting a period on long and contentious litigation which began in 2014. The settlement follows a September 2016 victory in…

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Righting the Wrong of Corruption: How the False Claims Act Provides for Recovery of the Full Value of Corruptly Procured Contracts

On Behalf of | March 26, 2018 |

Under the False Claims Act (FCA), the Government is entitled to recover money paid to private parties as a result of fraudulent conduct. Specifically, the Government is entitled to recover up to three times the primary damages it suffered as a result of the fraud, in addition to statutorily fixed penalties for each false claim for payment that the contractor…

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“The More the Merrier”: When Multiple Whistleblowers Jointly File a False Claims Act Case It Often Creates a Stronger Case

On Behalf of | March 19, 2018 |

The federal False Claims Act — as well as state False Claims Acts — rewards the people who provide information about companies and individuals who cause federal and/or state government entities to pay these parties more than they’re entitled to receive. These statutes also permit whistleblowers to jointly bring False Claims Act lawsuits and then jointly share in the successful…

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Legislative Update: DC’s Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016

On Behalf of | March 12, 2018 |

As part of the national trend to pass state and local laws guaranteeing private-sector workers paid leave for family and caregiving responsibilities, Washington, DC is poised to join California, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Washington state in offering this benefit. And I’m not alone in saying: it’s about time. A study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that Americans largely…

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Evidence-Based: Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in Medicine Are Well-Established; It’s Time to Use the Law to Cure the Profession

by | March 7, 2018 | ,

When will #MeToo come to medicine? While high-profile cases of sexual misconduct have rocked individual medical institutions—Yale in 2014 and 2015; USC in 2017; and Michigan State this year—the profession has escaped the level of public scrutiny sweeping entertainment, media, academia, and politics. And it’s not for lack of evidence. A study appearing in the May 2016 issue of JAMA, found that 30% of female clinical researchers…

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Navigating The Mutual Fund Maze

For many investors, the mutual fund is a mainstay of their investment portfolios, whether it be in an individual account, an IRA or a 401k. Mutual funds come in all shapes and sizes and offer a virtual alphabet soup of share classes. Trying to understand the many nuances of mutual funds can be a bewildering task.

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