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Employment – Whistleblower – Dodd-Frank Act
Where a plaintiff has alleged a violation of the Dodd-Frank Act, the defendant employer is entitled to summary judgment because no reasonable factfinder could find that the plaintiff has provided sufficient evidence of an adequate writing as required by the statute.
Lawyers: SJC ruling offers clarity on how Whistleblower Act meant to work
The SJC ruled a Roxbury Community College employee engaged in protected whistleblower activity over failure to report sexual assault claims under the Clery Act.
Employment – Whistleblower
Where a plaintiff employee objected to the failure of the defendant employer, Roxbury Community College, to report alleged sex offenses against a student as required by a federal statute, the lower court properly decided that the plaintiff engaged in protected activity as a matter of law, despite his own involvement in and responsibility for reporting the alleged sex offenses.
1st Circuit tosses FCA claim against medical lab
The 1st Circuit ruled labs may rely on physician orders to show medical necessity in Medicare FCA cases, affirming summary judgment for MD Labs.
Dana-Farber to pay $15 million to settle claims over flawed studies
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims that the Harvard Medical School affiliate wrongly used National Institutes of Health grant funding to support the publication of studies in medical journals that contained manipulated or duplicated images.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
