Report Reveals Information Concerning Pharmaceutical Fraud Cases
October 11th, 2012
For the past several years news of multi-million dollar settlements between pharmaceutical companies and the U.S. government have frequently made front-page news. A new report by a consumer watchdog group, Public Citizen, breaks down the data concern…
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New Law Helps Employers Manage Pensions
September 20th, 2012
According to USA Today, a new law recently passed by Congress and signed by the President will allow companies to avoid contributing billions of dollars owed to the already underfunded employee pension funds. Though this is meant to free up money for…
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Categories: ERISA
Threat of Jail Time Has Not Yet Been Used to Give Sarbanes-Oxley Teeth
September 7th, 2012
It’s an issue several news organizations have pointed out. Years after the financial crisis, there have still been no prosecutions of top executives at any of the major players in the financial crisis. The question is why has the Justice Depart…
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Increasing Number of Workers File Wage and Hour Complaints
September 6th, 2012
According to a recent article by NBC News, an increasing number of workers believe that putting in time at work does not result in more financial benefit for them. Studies indicate there has recently been a spike in wage and hour violation claims by…
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GlaxoSmithKline Agrees to Largest Healthcare Fraud Settlement in History
July 12th, 2012
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay a whopping $3 billion in fines, amounting to the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history, for its past practice of marketing drugs for off label use. The Justice Department announced las…
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Categories: False Claims Act
The Hypocrisy Behind Corporate Attacks on SEC Whistleblower Program
June 28th, 2012
According to a recent Forbes article, a group of powerful corporations and corporate lobbying groups have been working to kill the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) whistleblower reward program since it was created by Congress nearly t…
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Categories: SEC Whistleblower
Supreme Court Says Drug Reps Not Owed Overtime
June 28th, 2012
According to a recent decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, pharmaceutical sales representatives fall under the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) definition of “outside salesmen” and are not owed overtime compensation. In t…
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First Payouts from SEC Whistleblower Program Set to Occur
June 21st, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), since its creation in 1934, has always had a program in place to report fraud, however this program has not had any financial incentive for people to report companies to the SEC until very recently. Back…
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Categories: SEC Whistleblower
Expanding Whistleblower Protections
May 31st, 2012
While employees of the federal government always have protections in place should they become whistleblowers, federal contract employees are not so fortunate. However, Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has proposed legislation to change that. Senate B…
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More Developments Regarding "Gang Time" Violations in the Meatpacking Industry
May 31st, 2012
As we told you in our earlier article, Wage Lawsuit Filed Against Creekstone Farms, in April of last year, our Kansas City Overtime Law Firm filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court on behalf of workers Paz Sanchez and Elvis Posadas against Creekst…
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