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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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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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Federal Employees, the First Amendment, Whistleblower Protection and the False Claims Act: Why Federal Employees Should Blow the Whistle

The First Amendment Protects Federal Employees An anonymous Twitter user with the handle @ALT_USCIS has been critically tweeting about the Trump administration’s immigration ban.  This alone would not garner much attention, but the anonymous user purports to be a disaffected employee of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, which

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Can I sue my boss? Equal Pay Act

The Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206, requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work.  The Equal Pay Act was originally enacted to address the disparity in pay between men and women and to protect women against discrimination, but the language of the statute has

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Can I sue my boss? – Age Discrimination

In the first article, we covered discrimination in the workplace due to race, color, gender, religion and national origin.  This article will address age discrimination or ageism. Age Discrimination Under Federal Law The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§621-633 makes it unlawful for an employer to refuse

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Can I sue my boss?

Many Americans working for private companies are under the mistaken impression that they cannot be fired without a valid cause or for no reason.  In reality, the vast majority of Americans working for private companies are “at-will” employees, which means that they can be fired at any time and for

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Draft Kings, FanDuel Fraudulent Insider Trading Allegations

Ethan Haskell, a midlevel content manager at DraftKings, admitted to accidentally releasing data before the start of the third week of N.F.L. games.  That same week, Mr. Haskell won $350,000 at DraftKings rival website, FanDuel.  Draftkings and FanDuel are the two largest companies in the multibillion-dollar fantasy sports industry, where

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Do Interns Have to be Paid?

Many of us have been there, trying to get ahead by padding our resume – very often through unpaid labor, more commonly known as internships.  But, is it legal for employers to have free interns? The answer is that it really depends on the internship program.  Sometimes, employers play the

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