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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on February 24, 2013 On January 28, 2013, in a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), co-author of the 2006 updates to Section 7623 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), criticized the IRS Whistleblower Program (WBP) and WBP...
| | $28 Million Verdict against Illinois Nursing Home Liable Under False Claims Act & Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 26, 2013 On February 11, 2013, a jury in federal district court in Illinois found a nursing home operator (Company) liable under the False Claims Act and the Illinois Whistleblower Reward and Protection Act for fraudulent billing and certifications. U.S. v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center Inc., No....
| | California Supreme Court Rules On Mixed Motive Defense To Discrimination Claims, But Large Verdicts Persist...
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 22, 2013 Wynona Harris, a bus driver for the City of Santa Monica (the City), alleged that she was fired because of her pregnancy in violation of the prohibition against sex discrimination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The City denied Harris’s allegations and asserted as an...
| | Third Circuit "Clarifies" Continuing Violation Doctrine
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 22, 2013 In Mandel v. M & Q Packaging Corp., No. 11-3913, 2013 WL 141890 (3d Cir. Jan. 14, 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "clarified" the application of the continuing violation doctrine as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in National Railroad Passenger Corp. v....
| | U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Need to Prove Materiality at Class-Certification Stage in Securities Class Actions
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on February 27, 2013 that a plaintiff need not prove materiality as a prerequisite to obtaining class certification in a securities class action. The Court's ruling in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds resolves a split among the federal Courts...
| | New Pay Discrimination Directive Issued by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”)
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on March 1, 2013 On February 26, 2013, OFCCP announced the rescission of two guidance documents on pay discrimination issued in 2006: Interpreting Nondiscrimination Requirements of Executive Order 11246 With Respect to Systemic Compensation Discrimination ("Compensation Standards") and Voluntary...
| | California Supreme Court Expands Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule, Eliminating Significant Barrier to Claims of Promissory Fraud Against Insurers
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 28, 2013 Last month, the California Supreme Court overruled longstanding precedent and restored to full force the fraud exception to California's parol evidence rule. In Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc. v. Fresno-Madera Production Credit Association, No. S190581 (Cal. Jan. 14, 2013) (Riverisland), the Court...
|  | SEC Approves NYSE and NASDAQ Revised Listing Rules Regarding the Independence of Compensation Committees and Their Advisers
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Legal Alert/Article March 6, 2013, previously published on March 2013 Amendments to the stock exchange listing rules governing compensation committee independence were finalized recently, as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ Stock Market (Nasdaq, and together with NYSE, the Exchanges) completed a...
| | Placing Limits on the State Action Doctrine, the Supreme Court Subjects Local Government Hospitals to Scrutiny under the Antitrust Laws
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Legal Alert/Article February 27, 2013, previously published on February 21, 2013 Recent major regulatory and technological developments have brought forth historic changes to the health care market. Health care providers have responded to these developments in several ways. One such mechanism, hospital consolidation, has in particular risen to historical levels. Last week,...
| | Public Interest, Good Faith and Whistleblowing - The Latest From The UK
Lloyd B. Chinn, Daniel Ornstein; Proskauer Rose LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 21, 2013, previously published on February 19, 2013 The UK Government is in the process of making important changes to UK whistleblowing legislation (which will be implemented through the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill). The key changes, which are expected to come into force in April 2013, are as follows.
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