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  • The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, which allow private individuals ("relators") to bring suit on behalf of the federal government and keep a percentage of the proceeds, continue to be some of the most potent weapons in the government's antifraud arsenal.

    July 02, 2014Jacqueline Wolff and Nirav Shah
  • On March 6, 2013 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued new guidance in the form of a fact sheet and question-and-answer sheet on religious garb and grooming in the workplace. Here is what you need to know.

    July 02, 2014Rosanna Sattler and Laura Otenti
  • A look at what's happening in neighboring states.

    July 02, 2014ljnstaff | Law Journal Newsletters |
  • Since the introduction of the Blackberry in the late '90s, mobile computing has been making communication easier for attorneys and their clients. While initial technologies were limited in their capabilities, much has changed in the past 15 years and today's mobile technologies have become a no-compromise solution for attorneys on the go.

    July 02, 2014David Carns
  • The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the provision of the federal bank fraud statute which makes it a crime to "knowingly execut[e] a scheme ' to obtain" property owned by, or under the custody of, a bank "by means of false or fraudulent pretenses," does not require the government to prove that a defendant intended to defraud a bank into paying him or her money.

    July 02, 2014Stanley A. Twardy Jr. and Elizabeth A. Latif
  • Viacom gave more than $100 million in bonuses and incentive pay to three of the media company's top executives ' Chairman Sumner Redstone, President/CEO Philippe Dauman, and COO Thomas Dooley ' between 2008 and 2011. Typically, corporate taxpayers are able to deduct executive compensation over $1 million if approved by the board and a majority of shareholders.

    July 02, 2014Jeff Mordock
  • Franchisee Claims Dunkin' Donuts Seeks Illegal Seizure of His Stores

    July 02, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
  • Peer-to-peer e-commerce platforms seem to be popping up almost daily, touching nearly every vertical ripe for disruption, or at least providing just a little grease for the wheel. So what does that have to do with commercial leasing?

    July 02, 2014Alex Lassar and Elizabeth Kluger Cooper