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Blow the Whistle on Government Fraud – Qui Tam Cases

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi just wrote a wonderful article entitled The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit that shows how the Pentagon overpays, loses, and generally wastes billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars. As Taibbi writes, there is no incentive for the Pentagon to change because politicians receiving campaign money from military

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The Seventh Amendment Protects and Secures All Other Rights

What amendment found in the Bill of Rights protects all other rights? Some would say the Second Amendment. But there is an amendment that protects even the Second Amendment. It is the Seventh Amendment, which provides each of us with the right to a trial by jury. That right to

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The black hole of the gym membership

We do it everyday. We sign up for something –a cellphone, a gym membership, a magazine– and we give the company our credit card information or our bank account information. Allowing a business to automatically take money from your account or charge your credit card is a modern convenience that

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Out to Pasture – Age Discrimination in the Workplace

You work hard your entire life. You raise your family, you are trying to pay for the astronomical cost of college for your children while planning for retirement. You have done everything you were supposed to do. You have aged into your job and what you lack in energy, you

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Equifax Data Breach – What You Should Do

Equifax, a large credit reporting agency, recently exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers.  The breach was global, affecting not only Americans, but also consumers in the U.K. and Canada. It resulted in the hacking of personal information, including, Social Security numbers, driver license numbers and addresses. When you

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Data Breach – Axia Women’s Health Care Group

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently reported on a data breach at Women’s Health Care Group also known as Axia Woman’s Health, which was the third-largest data breach reported this year.  Women’s Health Care Group inexplicably took more than two months to notify patients of the breach, despite Pennsylvania law requiring that

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Common Questions When Hiring a Contractor

What rights do consumers have if a contractor fails to perform the work? If a contractor breaches a contract provision, the consumer can file a civil lawsuit for breach of contract.  If you think the contractor committed fraud, you can also file a lawsuit for fraud.  Many states also have

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DaVita Inc. and Healthcare Fraud Lawsuits

Some of you may have seen John Oliver’s recent story on DaVita on “Last Week Tonight.” The story described DaVita as a dialysis factory that placed profit before its patients. DaVita has also settled lawsuits for paying kickbacks to doctors who refer patients to DaVita. Klaproth Law is currently investigating

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