Kansas City Whistleblower Attorneys

The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) applies to remedy many types of fraud perpetuated by private businesses that contract with federal agencies — including Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program fraud. The FCA provides incentives for a whistleblower, known as “relator” under the FCA, to bring a lawsuit against any business which has defrauded the United States. […]

The Department of Justice and qui tam plaintiffs have settled cases involving “off-label marketing” of prescription drugs for billions of dollars. In such fraud cases, companies seek to increase their revenue using various off-label marketing methods including promoting drugs to physicians for the treatment of unapproved diseases, indications of a disease, patient populations, and/or dosages. […]

In the August 2018 primary election Missouri showed its support for workers’ rights, voting almost 2-to-1 against Proposition A which would have made Missouri a “right-to-work” state. So-called “right-to-work” legislation claims to promote workers’ rights by allowing private sector workers to avoid paying union dues. In actuality, right-to-work laws weaken workers’ rights by limiting worker […]

Lincare, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $5.25 million to settle claims that it violated the federal False Claims Act. This is perhaps the first False Claims Act recovery for claims brought by a whistleblower against a medical provider for misappropriating federal funds under the Medicare Advantage program, where claims are paid by […]

Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016 claiming that he would “Make America Great Again” by altering international trade rules to bring back jobs from foreign countries. Whatever one thinks of Trump’s economic policies, it appears obvious that large swaths of blue collar American workers have seen their standards of living decline over the […]

Healogics, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $398,162.69 to settle claims that it violated the federal False Claims Act. Healogics, which is based in Florida, manages wound care clinics throughout the United States. Some of the patients receiving wound care at clinics managed by Healogics are covered by federal health insurance programs, Medicare, […]

Does a Bar or Restaurant Have to Pay a Bartender Minimum Wage for Non-tipped Side Work? The bar and restaurant industry generates $799 billion in annual sales, and employs almost 15 million people. With over 1 million bars and restaurants in the United States, half of all Americans have, at some point in their lives, […]

2017 will be remembered as the year America recognized and started to deal with its sexual harassment epidemic. Every few days bring a new story of women reporting sexual harassment by powerful male bosses. Unfortunately, studies dating to the 1970s show that harassment in the workplace is nothing new. Rather, the way our society is […]

The pay-disparity between tipped and non-tipped employees is one of the more contentious issues facing restaurants today. On December 4, 2017, the Department of Labor proposed new regulations that are intended to reduce this pay-gap. But critics fear that the proposed regulations will create additional problems and will legalize tip theft, which is already a […]

During his first weeks in office, President Trump took steps to correct what he perceived to be an oppressive financial regulatory system that he claims is inefficient, ineffective, and stifles American economic growth. Specifically, President Trump took aim at the Dodd-Frank Act, which was passed to provide financial consumers with greater financial protections.