New York is leading the way at preventing tax fraud at the state level becoming the first state to creates a reward for whistleblowers. The amendment to New York’s False Claims Act will provide for an award to the whistleblower so long as the defrauding taxpayer earns more than $1 million in annual net income...
Once again, another example of the limitless areas that can get a defendant into qui tam trouble: A whistleblower has accused pipe manufacturer JM Eagle (“World’s Largest Manufacturer of Plastic Pipe”) of falsifying test results concerning the quality of its products. The whistleblower, John Hendrix, claims that the company’s pipes have ruptured after one year...
YLG Files Employee Class Action Suit Against Best Buy PHILADELPHIA – Oct. 17, 2007 – Eric L. Young, Esq., filed a lawsuit in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a class of current and former Best Buy employees alleging violations of Pennsylvania state labor laws. The lawsuit contends, among other things, that Pennsylvania...