The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously decided that a relator may take advantage of the longer ten-year statute of limitations under the False Claims Act in a case in which the United States has declined to intervene, as...more
5/14/2019
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Cochise Consultancy Inc v United States ex rel Hunt ,
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Home health care aides working twenty-four hour shifts can be paid for as little as thirteen hours under certain conditions, according to a March ruling from the New York Court of Appeals in Andryeyeva v. New York Health...more
4/16/2019
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Class Action ,
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
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Employment Litigation ,
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Home Healthcare Workers ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
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State and Local Government ,
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Work Schedules
Second Circuit Judges recently traded strong language in opinions accompanying the denial of a petition for en banc review in Tanvir v. Tanzin....more
Last week, in LeadingAge New York, Inc. v. Shah, the New York Court of Appeals addressed Department of Health regulations limiting executive compensation and administrative expenditures by healthcare providers receiving state...more
The recent New York Court of Appeals decision in Stega v. New York Downtown Hospital provides strong support for defamation claims arising out of witness testimony in investigations and quasi-judicial hearings....more