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By Jacqueline Thomsen | October 8, 2021
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.
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By Aleeza Furman | October 8, 2021
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.
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By Aleeza Furman | October 8, 2021
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
By Andrew Goudsward | October 6, 2021
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.
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By Charles Toutant | September 22, 2021
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.
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By Charles Toutant | September 20, 2021
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.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 9, 2021
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.
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By Katheryn Tucker | August 24, 2021
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.
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By Justin Henry | July 22, 2021
After residents of Orange County, California protested the $13,000 sale of public park land, the buyer's attorney, Rutan & Tucker partner A. Patrick Muñoz, threatened to pursue litigation over his client's canceled purchase, according to Muñoz's July 8 cease-and-desist letter to the county board of supervisors. In a July 14 mailed response, county officials indicated they "will not be taking any action related to the subject property."
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By Brendan Quigley | July 22, 2021
As many companies return to an in-person workforce following the COVID-19 pandemic, now is an excellent time to assess the company's whistleblower polices and internal reporting mechanisms.
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