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Our Jupiter, Florida Law Firm handles Qui Tam cases such as the recent one in which a psychiatrist settles claims for unnecessary brain stimulation treatments. Under the False Claims Act, a private party known as a relator can file an action on behalf of the United States and receive a portion of the recovery. In […]
Just a few days ago, the House passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and then changed it to make the Senate happy. The Senate passed the revised version without changes. President Trump signed this $100 billion bill on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 and goes into effect in 15 days from then (April 2nd, 2020). […]
FFCRA for Employers Just a few days ago, the House passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Qualifying for FFCRA Coverage The FFRCA changes the threshold number of employees that must be employed by an Employer from 50 to 1 for purposes of Emergency Medical Family Leave. However, the FFRCA only applies to Employers […]
FFCRA for Employees Just a few days ago, the House passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Qualifying for FFCRA Coverage Small and mid-size companies are required to provide two weeks of paid sick leave for all employees regardless of when they started work and up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical […]
Jacksonville, Florida – Acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Haven Hospice (Haven), a hospice company headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, has agreed to pay $5,085,024 to resolve allegations that Haven violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing the government for medically unnecessary and undocumented hospice services. The settlement concludes a lawsuit originally filed […]
Treasure Coast Hospice, a nonprofit owned by parent company Treasure Health, settled a case for $2.5 million in November of 2017, without admission of liability. “In a routine review of patient records in 2014, the government asserted that Treasure Coast Hospice did not provide sufficient documentation for the care that was delivered to certain patients […]
Our Jupiter, Florida Law Firm handles Qui Tam cases such as the recent 18 million dollar Medicare suit against a Palm Beach dermatologist. Qui tam lawsuits are a type of civil lawsuit that whistleblowers bring under the False Claims Act, a law that rewards whistleblowers if their qui tam cases recover funds for the government. […]
WEST PALM BEACH – When County Commissioner Shelly Vana last year began gathering evidence of abuse and mismanagement at the Palm Beach County Juvenile Correctional Facility, she wasn’t acting alone. Employees, concerned about the welfare of 118 teenage boys housed in the detention center, provided information that she credited with spurring Youth Services International to […]
On May 18th 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Final Rule updating its regulations to increase the salary threshold required to qualify for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” exemptions. The DOL estimates that the updated regulations, which more than double the minimum salary for a white collar exemption to […]
We have, once again, updated our employment law website. This was done in order to better provide our clients with relevant, helpful employment related articles. In addition, we wanted to provide our new and potential clients with quick and easy access to our firm. Couple all this with a new, more modern design and images […]
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