Month: June 2018

Sanford Heisler Sharp Files Collective Action to Prevent VW From Swapping Older Workers for Younger Workers in U.S.

German Automakers’ “Pact for the Future” Labor Campaign Eliminates 7,000 Jobs in the Americas Primarily Held by Workers Born Between 1955 and 1960 June 29, 2018, Chattanooga, TN – Attorneys from Sanford Heisler Sharp today filed a class action Complaint against Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (Volkswagen AG) and two of its wholly owned United States subsidiaries in U.S. District Court for the…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Resolves $796,000 Customs Fraud Whistleblower Case Against Jeweler Temple St. Clair

Posted June 25th, 2018. Smuggled Merchandise, Mismarking of Country of Origin, and Failure to Pay Duties, Whistleblower Reported. today announced that luxury jeweler Temple St. Clair has agreed to pay the United States Government $796,000 to settle claims brought by a whistleblower under the False Claims Act. The suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern…

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U.S. Tennis Scores A Win for Pregnant Players, But Too Many Pregnant Women Face Discrimination At Work

It’s been a big month for reducing the stigma of pregnant women at work: First, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, 37, became the first world leader in three decades to give birth while in office (and only the second world leader overall ever!). Second, in a move aptly billed as “an ace for female tennis players everywhere,” the U.S. Open…

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Pursuing Stockbrokers in FINRA Arbitration: What You Need to Know

Posted June 18th, 2018. By: Edward D. Chapin and Charles H. FieldColumn Editor: Benjamin Coughlan In January 2018, a three-person FINRA arbitration panel awarded almost $2.2 million to a local San Diegan on claims that a local brokerage firm and its stockbroker had recommended an imprudent investment strategy, churned the account, and committed fraud. The award in Donna Gambee v. David…

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Winchester May Join Drug Industry Lawsuit

The City of Winchester may join Alexandria and Dickenson County as another Virginia locality suing the pharmaceutical industry for its alleged role in creating a nationwide opioid epidemic. This is after a council meeting Tuesday, during which a representative from the New York based law firm explained the case his firm and two others are making. associate Andrew Miller outlined…

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What Legal Protections Do Employees Have Against Retaliation?

Retaliation is generally understood as punishment for taking an action or making a statement. Employees often are aware that they have some protections against retaliation by their employers, but are not clear on what protections the law provides. The short answer is that the law generally protects employees from retaliation only for conduct or activities that the law specifically recognizes…

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Customs Fraud, Anti-Dumping Laws, and False Claims Act Liability

The Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) administer customs laws and collects antidumping duties to prevent foreign companies from saturating U.S. markets with below-cost products. These laws require importers to carefully classify and disclose the goods imported to the United States. Because most disclosures are only subject to the “honor-system” importers may mislabel or misrepresent the quality and value of their…

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Submitting False Claims to Medicare: Anesthesia Services

It’s no secret that Medicare fraud wastes tons of taxpayer money and inflates everyone’s healthcare bills. However, many may not realize that providers may comply with the expected medical standard of care yet still commit Medicare fraud by overbilling for those services. One of a myriad of examples where providers overbill Medicare for services—even those properly administered and medically necessary—is…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp False Claims Act Action Against Medicare Advantage Organization Moves Forward — Court Denies Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss

June 8, 2018, New York, NY – A federal court in the Northern District of Illinois late on Thursday denied two motions to dismiss in United States of America ex rel. Derrick v. Hoffman-La Roche LTD et al., a False Claims Act lawsuit against Humana, Humana Pharmacy, Roche Diagnostics, and Roche Diabetes Corp. (“Humana” and “Roche”, respectively). The case was filed…

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Pump and Dump Schemes: The Trojan Horse of Investments

In the realm of financial services, unknowing investors often fall victim to various securities fraud schemes, and one of the more common ones is the “pump and dump.” “Pump and dump” schemes are often associated with penny stock fraud and microcap fraud and are serious violations of the law. The “pump and dump” is a real-life example of the saying…

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