Media Coverage

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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October 28, 2014

Scott Oswald, managing principal, and Adam Carter, principal, The Employment Law Group®, have been featured on several online news sources and blogs for an article they authored discussing the laws that protect breast cancer patients from losing their jobs in light of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The article can be seen on MomsRising.org, Ciao Bella Magazine, Bicultural Mama, Generation X Blog, and Moms Who Blog.

WUSA CBS 9 interviewed R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group® to discuss the possibility of lawsuits from healthcare workers quarantined for Ebola in New Jersey and New York where the state governments enacted measures without a probable cause from a declaration of a public health emergency: Balancing Public Health and Workers’ Rights.

Government Executive quoted R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group®, for a story about the CDC strengthening its safety protocols for treating patients suffering from the Ebola virus: Does CDC Need More Authority to Enforce Its Own Ebola Protocols?

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The DC Bar Voices Blog interviewed R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group, about the upcoming CLE entitled,”Changing Currents in Employment Law 2014: Recent Trends and Developments,”: CLE Sneak Peak: Changing Currents in Employment Law 2014.

Law360 quoted Adam Carter, principal, The Employment Law Group®, for a story discussing the recent Second Circuit ruling that Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. could use evidence turned up after an executive was fired to confirm a nondiscriminatory reason for letting him go marked a rare appellate decision involving “after-acquired” evidence.

The Washington Post Blog ‘She The People’ quoted R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group®, for a story discussing the laws that protect breast cancer patients from losing their jobs in light of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Law360.com wrote an article about Eric Rodwell v. Excelitas Technologies Corp, a case that The Employment Law Group, is representing. Eric Rodwell, a former Excelitas Technologies Corp. employee, is pressing for a Massachusetts federal court to rule on his $13 million False Claims Act suit against the defense contracting company, which is trying to get Rodwell’s complaint dismissed: Excelitas Whistleblower Fights To Keep $13M FCA Suit.

October 14, 2014

WUSA CBS 9 quoted R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group®, for a story discussing the rights of healthcare workers who treat patients suffering from the Ebola virus: Putting our health care workers at risk.

FrontiersLA.com quoted David Scher, principal, The Employment Law Group®, discussing the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision.

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SHRM quoted David Scher, principal, The Employment Law Group®, discussing the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision.

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Law360 quoted Nicholas Woodfield, principal, The Employment Law Group®, for a story discussing the beneficial uses of Wi-Fi in the Courtroom.

 

Law360 quoted R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group®, in a story about what the best practices are for submitting whistleblower claims to the SEC: Do’s And Don’ts For Lucrative SEC Whistleblower Tips.

September 18, 2014

The Palatka Daily News quoted David Scher, principal, The Employment Law Group®, for a story about the firm’s client Donna Nichols who is to receive $60,000 for reporting fraudulent activity perpetrated on the US government by the Sleep Medicine Center of Palatka, FL for unnecessary and unperformed services: Center and doctors to pay out in lawsuit.

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The Florida Times-Union quoted a client of The Employment Law Group®, who will receive around $60,000 for blowing the whistle on the Sleep Medicine Center of Palatka, FL for charging the US government for unnecessary and unperformed services: Southside woman gets $60,000 for blowing whistle on sleep clinic.

Law360 quoted Adam Carter, principal, The Employment Law Group®, about Becker & Poliakoff PA’s decision to not immediately fire and distance itself from a senior intellectual property attorney who sent a homophobic email to the entire firm: Firm Will Regret Not Firing Atty Over Anti-Gay Email: Experts Say.

Law360 quoted R. Scott Oswald, managing principal, The Employment Law Group®, about how Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower claims continue to stand up in federal court because of the Sylvester v. Parexel ruling in 2011: DOL Take On SOX Getting Fed. Court Deference, Lawyers Say.

Law360 mentioned The Employment Law Group® in a story reporting that Armet Armored Vehicles Inc escaped alleged fraud charges in its building of armored trucks for the Iraq War after a judge stripped away claims brought by a former president: Contractor Wins Partial Toss Of Shoddy-Truck FCA Suit.

Law360 mentioned The Employment Law Group® in a story about a former employee alleging that defense contractor Excelitas Technologies Inc. defrauded the government in selling flawed radar components to the government as well as other contractors valued at $13 million: Ex-Employee Hits Excelitas With $13M False Claims Act Suit.

Law360 included The Employment Law Group® in a report about a whistleblower refuting Northrop Grumman’s motion to dismiss a federal False Claims Act whistleblower suit involving alleged faulty sorting machines that fell short of benchmarks for the US Postal Service: Whistleblower Says Northrop Knew It Would Miss USPS Order.