The Internet was abuzz with news of Emma Watson’s speech at the United Nations—first, with chatter about her public stance on gender equality and then with threats of scandal and exposure in retaliation for her explicit embrace of “feminism.” Watson, best known to much of the world as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, now serves as a U.N.…
The current New York Magazine cover story – “The Trans-Everything CEO” – profiles Martine Rothblatt, the highest paid female CEO in America. It paints a fascinating picture worthy of its “futurist, pharma tycoon, satellite entrepreneur, philosopher” subject. There are a million interesting things about the 59-year-old Rothblatt: the three companies she founded (Geostar, Sirius Satellite Radio, and United Therapeutics); her amazingly romantic and unique 35-year…
Female workers at the lowest rung of the economic ladder are getting a boost from a growing campaign to raise wages for fast food workers. The Fast Food Forward campaign—also informally known as the “Fight for $15” movement—is calling for an industry wage of $15 an hour, or double the current federal minimum wage of $7.25, as well for the unionization…
Meridian Surgical Partners LLC will pay the federal government $3.3 million along with an additional $1.8 million in attorneys’ fees to settle allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks for referrals, parties to the case told Bloomberg BNA Sept. 10 (United States ex rel. Simmons v. Meridian Surgical Partners LLC, M.D. Tenn., No. 3:11-cv-349, 9/2/14). The qui tam complaint claimed that…
Posted September 10th, 2014. For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos,, [email protected] (September 10, 2014, New York, NY) — Sanford Heisler, LLP today announced that Meridian Surgical Partners, LLC (“Meridian”), a health care company specializing in the management of ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), has agreed to pay a total of $5.12 million to settle a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit brought…
When Jill Abramson has fired from her position as Executive Editor of The New York Times a few months ago, the Times denied that gender had anything to do with it. They pointed to issues with her management style; apparently, Abramson was “bossy” and “pushy” – labels that are rarely assigned to male executives. As we’ve discussed on this blog, this double standard…
Posted September 9th, 2014. As appeared in Whistleblower Today Sanford Heisler LLP announced September 4 that U.K.-based medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew has agreed to settle a qui tam suit and pay the United States government $8 million. The United States government declined to intervene in the lawsuit; Sam Cox, the plaintiff, opted to litigate the case without the…
Posted September 4th, 2014. Smith & Nephew Agrees to Pay $8 Million to U.S. in First-Ever Medical Device “Country of Origin” Case For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] (September 4, 2014, Washington, DC) — Sanford Heisler LLP today announced that U.K.-based medical device manufacturer Smith & Nephew has agreed to settle a qui tam suit and pay the United States…
Just before Labor Day, whitehouse.gov released a Chart of the Week illustrating that, among college graduates four years after graduation, women earn less than men in nearly every field of study. A salary gap among recent college graduates is disturbing for two reasons. First, it suggests that women are earning less than men right away—even before many of them leave the labor…
Working while pregnant is hard. If you don’t believe me (and why should you?), read this. If you’re a man, read it again, because, holy crap. And keep in mind that the pregnant lawyer/blogger describes (1) a pregnancy that is “normal” (which is to say, one that does not leave her disabled in the eyes of the law and does not pose…