We are now able to track exactly the amount of money each whistle blower recovers and the taxpayers receive , thanks to the Department of Justice's records. As a grand total, whistle blowers including those in California, $2,87 Billion dollars was earned from 10/1/87 to 9/30/10.the total amount received by the ...

We are pleased to pass along news of a $3,500,000 settlement in the matter of USA ex rel John Prieve vs. Mallinckrodt Inc, Tyco Healthcare Group LP, out of the Northern District of California. In this whistle blower case arising in California, a former employee of a pharmaceutical manufacturer brought suit agai...

California's workman's compensation system has undergone major changes in the last few years. In this blog, lets examine a few ways in which you can get the "new" system to work for you if you have an unrelated personal injury case.. If you have also been terminated or treated adversely as a result of the work ...

Our California employee-clients who contact us for representation in wrongful termination, discrimination, sex harassment or sex discrimination, whistle blower lawsuits often ask "what damages can I win"?  While the amount is based solely on the facts of each case, some categories and guidelines of losses can ...

At the risk of talking too much "inside baseball" today, I'd like to review some rules of removal of a state-court lawsuit in California for employment discrimination (such as age, sex, race, national origin, whistle blowers, retaliation, harassment) to federal court. This is almost always done by defendant Cal...

Under the "American" rule, each side to litigation--and this includes typical employment cases with two exceptions we'll cover below--pays their own attorney fees. An exception of course would be suing for breach of a written contract which provides for attorney fees to the prevailing party. Also, in Government...

Under California Labor Code, wage and hour violations routinely do not allow for the awarding of punitive damages. Workers who are denied pay for overtime (time and a half for more than 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week), missed meal or rest breaks, or prevailing wage for government-qualified work projects...

Just a few days ago, a California Court of Appeals held that a claim for unpaid wages was timely filed even though the time period, or statute of limitations, had been exceeded. Bain v. Tax Reducers, Inc. (Santa Clara County No. CV112065, 8/28/13). What possible combination of circumstances could result in a Ca...