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Dec
26
2014
Justice Department Files Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dec
24
2014
Records and Information Management Company Agrees to Pay Government $44.5 Million in Settlement of Overcharge Allegations Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
24
2014
SDNY Follows Asadi: Internal Tipsters Not Dodd-Frank “Whistleblowers” Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
24
2014
FCC Promises Action Against Those Who Fail to Safeguard Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
24
2014
Whistleblower Entitled to Receive $57.6 Million for Exposing Countrywide Home Mortgage Loan Scheme Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
23
2014
Criminal Insider Trading Convictions Overturned In Far-Reaching Ruling Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
23
2014
The DOJ Announces Another Settlement Under Its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
23
2014
Don’t Overlook Insurance as a Source of Protection from Losses Caused by Fraud or Theft Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
23
2014
D.C.’s “Ban the Box” Law Takes Effect, Office of Human Rights (OHR) Issues Notice of Rights Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
23
2014
Background Checks Headline in 2014 Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
23
2014
SEC Condemns Breach Of Client Confidences While Offering Possible Bounties For Breaches Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
23
2014
New York Times Discusses the Growth of Whistleblower Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
22
2014
SEC’s Second Amicus Brief On Whether Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Reports Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
22
2014
Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Report on FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) Misses the Larger Point Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
22
2014
Still Waiting: House of Representatives Overcriminalization Task Force Report Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
21
2014
Mandatory Reporting of Foreign Direct Investments in the U.S. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
19
2014
Looking at Police-Community Relations Through the Lens of Body-Worn Cameras Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
19
2014
Buy High, Sell Low, and Restrict Competition: The Allegations Underlying the Government’s Case Against DaVita and the Implications of the Settlement Faegre Drinker
Dec
19
2014
FCA Imposes Industry Ban on Fare Dodger Katten
Dec
19
2014
9 Health Care Legal Issues to Follow in 2015 Faegre Drinker
Dec
19
2014
Delaware Chancery Court Declines to Dismiss Fraud Claims Against Private Equity Fund and Directors Katten
Dec
19
2014
CMS Issues Rewards and Incentive Guidance to Medicare Advantage (MA) Plans Mintz
Dec
19
2014
Insufficient Evidence Calls for Overturning Insider Trading Cases, Second Circuit Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
18
2014
Former JPMorgan Chase Insider Blows the Whistle Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
18
2014
SONY Pictures Breach Stresses Need to Revisit Document and Email Retention Policies Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
17
2014
Ninth Circuit Requires Particularity In All Elements Of Securities Fraud Pleading Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
17
2014
On the Sixth Day of Privacy, the Hackers Gave to Sony…Many More than Six Different Hacks Mintz
Dec
16
2014
Canada’s Highest Court Rules That Police Can Search Cell Phone Contents After Arrest Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
15
2014
Insider Trading, Sentinel, Punitive Capital Hit Stay, Investment Funds Portfolio Composition Risk, Auditor Independence (or Not): Bridging the Week: December 8 to 12 and 15, 2014 Katten
Dec
15
2014
Hello Newman! (and Chiasson): Second Circuit Decision Raises the Bar for Government to Prove Liability of “Remote Tippees” in Insider Trading Cases Mintz
Dec
15
2014
SEC Seeks To “Overrule” Fifth Circuit Whistleblower Interpretation Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
13
2014
New Jersey Medical Devices Company and Former CEO to Pay $80 Million for Alleged Illegal Distribution of Knee Replacement Apparatus Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
12
2014
Only ‘Whistleblowers’ Need Apply: District Court Concludes Simply Engaging in Protected Activity is Insufficient to Invoke Dodd-Frank Protection Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
12
2014
Second Circuit Clarifies a Heightened Standard for Insider Trading Convictions Katten
Dec
11
2014
Kenya and the ICC (International Criminal Court): Reconciling the Past Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
11
2014
Prince George’s County, Maryland “Bans the Box” Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
10
2014
Employer Restitution under Victim Restitution Law (MVRA) Not Offset by Employee’s Canceled Stock Options, Eighth Circuit Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
10
2014
DOJ Announces New Cybersecurity Unit in the Criminal Division Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
10
2014
California Appellate Court Finds in Favor of “Whistleblower” Who Never Blew the Whistle Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
9
2014
Supreme Food Companies Agree to Settlements of More Than $500 Million for Violating the False Claims Act by Overcharging for Supplies and Fuel in Connection with U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
9
2014
Attacking the Money-Laundering Problem in Mexico Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
9
2014
6th Circuit Holds Applicant Is Not an “Employee” and Has No False Claims Act Cause of Action Against Prospective Employer Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
9
2014
Not All Supervisor Misconduct Violates Public Policy Sufficiently to Support Whistleblowing Claims Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
9
2014
Bridging the Week: December 1 to 5 and 8, 2014 [VIDEO] Katten
Dec
5
2014
Federal Judge Awards Attorneys’ Fees to Defendant in Dismissed Qui Tam Case, Calls Whistleblower a “Serial Relator” Mintz
Dec
5
2014
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Issues Landmark Ruling on Criminal Defamation Laws Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
5
2014
DOJ Releases Second FCPA Opinion of 2014 (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
5
2014
Do Conflicting Experts Preclude Summary Judgment? IMS Legal Strategies
Dec
4
2014
DOJ Issues Opinion, Provides (Some) Comfort on Successor Liability Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
4
2014
Court-Appointed Experts: The Future of Litigation? IMS Legal Strategies
 

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