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Year: 2009

The False Claims Act Protects Whistleblowers From Retaliation

The qui tam provision of the False Claims Act allows private whistleblowers, known as relators, to file suit on behalf of the United States for fraud perpetrated against the federal government. There is certainly an upside to being a whistleblower because, under the False Claims Act, the whistleblower receives a percentage of any recovery that the government gets. But what are the…

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Class Action Alleges Pitney Bowes “Rips Off” Customers

Posted April 29th, 2009. Complaint Seeks $20 Million in Damages from Postage Meter Giant & Affiliates For more information, call Jamie Moss, newsPRos,201-493-1027 (April 29, 2009, White Plains, NY) – Kings Choice Neckware, Inc., a former Manhattan-based tie manufacturer, has filed a class action complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Stamford, Connecticut-based Pitney…

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UPS Doesn’t Deliver

Posted August 19th, 2009. Mail Giant Overworks Account Managers and Deprives Them of Overtime PayLawsuit Seeks $100 Million in Back Pay and Damages under Federal and State Laws For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, (August 19, 2009, San Diego) –United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package delivery service, has been withholding as much as $100 million in overtime wages…

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