Diana Brady, Author at Brady & Associates

Federal Appeals Court Sides with Whistleblowers, Limiting Public Disclosure Bar in False Claims Act Case

July 23rd, 2015

Qui tam relators, or whistleblowers who file claims under the False Claim Act alleging fraud against the federal government, are highly important members of society, those whose daring actions help uncover often fraudulent or illegal activity perpetr… Read More

Whistleblowers Expose Michigan Oncologist Convicted of Fraud Involving Hundreds of Cancer Patients

July 16th, 2015

In a tragic discovery, a Michigan oncologist has been convicted of fraud after taking advantage of hundreds of his patients in the suburbs of Detroit. The scam, which involved both cancer patients, as well as those who were allegedly misled into beli… Read More

Senator Grassley to Go After Medicare Advantage Overbilling

June 8th, 2015

Medicare Advantage insurance coverage has long relied on a subjective standard when assessing the condition of patients for billing purposes. To be sure, under Medicare Advantage, a program enacted by Congress in 2003, insurance providers must rate p… Read More

Workers’ Compensation Retaliation – Templemire v. W&M Welding, Inc.

March 23rd, 2015

The workers’ compensation system is meant to provide financial assistance for injured workers without the possibility of employer retaliation. Specifically, workers who are injured at work have the right to file a claim for compensation without fea… Read More

Proposed Change May Send More Workers Home with Overtime Pay

February 26th, 2015

Millions of previously exempt workers may soon be eligible to receive overtime pay under a plan proposed by the Obama administration, according to a report in CNN Money. The White House is set to announce the proposal in the coming months of the year… Read More

Legal Tips for Tipped Employees

November 6th, 2014

Under a federal statute known as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Under certain circumstances, the FLSA allows an employer to take a “tip credit” of up to $5.12 an hour for a “tipped employee.” I… Read More

Wage Theft Costs Workers Estimated $50 Billion Each Year

October 9th, 2014

As the New York Times recently covered, the issue of wage theft is one that has become increasingly prominent. Companies have found themselves forced to fork over thousands of dollars to repay workers for time that was effectively stolen from them an… Read More

Experts Say Wage Theft Claims Boom Across The Country

September 18th, 2014

According to a recent article in the New York Times, the numbers of wage theft cases are rising dramatically across the country. The reasons appear complicated and are in dispute, but the result is clear: the amount of money recovered for workers has… Read More

Employee Misclassification Receives Increased Attention

September 4th, 2014

The issue of employee misclassification has been in the news a lot in the past few weeks and may hang around for a while longer given the importance of a recent case decided by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. That case involved a suit by more tha… Read More

Lobbyists Seek To Change False Claims Act

August 28th, 2014

Iowa Senator Charles Grassley is at it again, this time coming out swinging in a full-throated defense of the False Claims Act (FCA). The Iowa Republican says that recent attempts by corporate lobbyists to alter the measure represent a serious attack… Read More