A Texas doctor has been convicted of health care fraud following a scheme that targeted Tricare, a health system designed for veterans including uniformed service members, retirees, and their families. The Department of Justice announced charges against 51-year-old Dr. Sekhar Rao, the director of Austin, Texas, ADAR Group LLC. The... Read More »
Earlier this year, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of Elemer Raffai, MD, a New York doctor allegedly involved in a $10 million health care fraud scheme. While the case is already notable as involving millions illegally obtained via a large-scale kickback and fraud scheme, the added element of... Read More »
Oberlin College located in Oberlin, Ohio, has been ordered to pay $36.5 million to a local bakery after the college touted claims that the bakery was racist. The multi-million dollar payout comes after a shoplifting incident happened at Gibson’s Bakery in November 2016. At the time, three Oberlin college students... Read More »
Student loan borrowers just can’t catch a break. Nelnet Servicing, Inc., a student loan servicer, was recently hit with a proposed class action alleging the company failed to properly secure and safeguard the personal data of more than 2.5 million student loan borrowers. Per the lawsuit, mountains of personally identifiable... Read More »
A Dallas, Texas, area anesthesiologist is facing federal charges for allegedly tampering with hospital IV bags, causing the death of one doctor and cardiac arrest events in several other patients. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas filed a criminal complaint days after the anesthesiologist was... Read More »
General Electric Company and Carrier are at the center of a class action lawsuit that accuses the companies of selling defective fire control systems. The lawsuit was brought forward by a disabled veteran from New Jersey, Samuel L. Kaplan. In his 144-page complaint, Kaplan and his legal team accuse the... Read More »
E-cigarette maker, JUUL Labs inc., has reached a $438.5 million settlement over charges that the company marketed its product to underage children. The massive settlement was agreed to by 33 or about two-thirds of the states that brought forward claims against the company. The states accused the e-cigarette maker of... Read More »
The operator of a series of nursing homes agreed to pay $9.5 million to caregivers across four states in order to settle claims that the senior living operator repeatedly violated state and federal wage and hour laws. A district court in the Eastern District of California issued an order granting... Read More »
The parents of a 12-year-old girl have filed a lawsuit against popular e-bike maker Rad Power Bikes. According to the New York Times, the lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by parents Kaye and Jonathan Steinsapir. The Steinsapirs accuse the bike manufacturer of knowingly producing and distributing... Read More »
Over the last decade, rideshares have become ubiquitous. “Calling a Lyft/Uber” has replaced “calling a cab” in standard parlance when catching a ride. Unfortunately, the rideshare companies have been accused of doing far too little to protect drivers and passengers from the dangers associated with picking up strangers at all... Read More »
The family of the 16-year-old Khlayah Wright is suing the former Duval Schools Police Chief, Michael Edwards, over a shooting that left one teen dead and two others injured. In August 2018, a fight broke out between two teen boys during a football game at Raines High School. Authorities say... Read More »
It’s the celebrity divorce that keeps on evolving. Months after Brad Pitt sued Angelina Jolie over the French winery they co-owned while happily married, Jolie is suing him for $250 million. The legally-separated global superstars have been duking it out in divorce court since 2016, arguing vehemently over the custody... Read More »
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government stepped in to provide billions of dollars to struggling businesses and individuals. In doing so, a number of relief programs were established to disburse the funds. Because of the urgency to get this money to the public, a lack of safeguards that would... Read More »
St. Paul resident LaShaun Johnson has filed a class action lawsuit against automakers Hyundai and Kia after his Kia Sorento was stolen on August 24th. Johnson filed his lawsuit in U.S. District Court and accuses the automakers of selling vehicles that are “defective and more susceptible to theft.” Johnson's lawsuit... Read More »
Twenty-six chapters of the civil rights organization Black Lives Matter Grassroots are suing the national BLM organization over claims that an executive of the BLM Global Network Foundation (GNF) siphoned over $10 million in donations over the past year and a half. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County... Read More »
