By Steve Kardell | Published September 17, 2018 | Posted in Employee Rights | Tagged Tags: Dallas attorney, employee rights, hostile work environment | Comments Off on Former Employee of Ice Cube’s Basketball League Describes ‘Toxic’ Work Environment
Former Employee of Ice Cube’s Basketball League Describes ‘Toxic’ Work Environment
Ice Cube’s BIG3 three-on-three basketball league has provided a fun environment on the court for players to showcase their skills. However, the league has also had its fair share of scandal. A former employee has filed a lawsuit against the league, claiming that co-founder Jeffrey Kwatinetz created a hostile work environment. The employee, Kainoa Henry, Read More
Read MoreSupreme Court Rejects a Longstanding FLSA Exemption ‘Narrow Construction’ Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court has maintained a standard of construing exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) narrowly for more than 70 years. However, on April 2, 2018, it issued a ruling in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro that broke this tradition. The court ruled 5-4 that the employees involved in the case were Read More
Read MoreCourt Rules Internal Investigation Reports Prepared by an Outside Counsel are Subject to Work Product Protections
In the recent case of Lassiter v. Hidalgo Medical Services, a former employee of the medical service provider aimed to compel the company to produce reports from an outside counsel, in addition to findings of an internal investigation into workplace harassment claims. The court denied this discovery demand, finding that the documents were protected by Read More
Read MoreJury Hits Town With $1.5 Million Fine After Wrongfully Terminating Detective
A jury in Morristown, New Jersey, recently ruled unanimously that the town’s police chief, Pete Demnitz, removed officer Keith Hudson from his position after he blew the whistle to authorities about the extra-duty jobs the chief was performing during his hours. The court directed the town to pay Hudson $1.5 million in punitive damages, plus Read More
Read MoreInchcape Whistleblowers Awarded $4.4 Million in False Claims Act Case
Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited and several of its subsidiaries recently agreed to pay $20 million to settle False Claims Act violation allegations. The company and its subsidiaries were accused of purposefully overbilling the U.S. Navy in contracts for ship husbanding services. Three former employees of Inchcape brought the suit under the False Claims Act’s Read More
Read MoreWhistleblower Receives $1.1 Million Award in Case Involving Sonoma Valley Boys Home
A jury in Sonoma County awarded $1.1 million to a whistleblower in a case against the Hanna Boys Center, ruling the whistleblower had been wrongfully terminated for raising his concerns about drug use, bullying and other issues at the boys’ home. The whistleblower was Tim Norman, who had worked as head of clinical care at Read More
Read MoreGag Orders at Federal Agencies Violate Whistleblower Laws
Over the last year and a half, there have been numerous reports about employees of federal agencies not being allowed to use specific words when preparing documents for Congress or when putting together reports. For example, in December, The Washington Post reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended employees not use words like Read More
Read MoreFormer Bryan Cave Partner Accused of Attempting to Conceal Hack
A former partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner stands accused of encouraging a client to hide information from the Federal Trade Commission revealing that his cybersecurity firm revealed patient data obtained with the use of spying software she supplied while working as a federal prosecutor tracking and fighting against child pornographers. The lawsuit claims LabMD, Read More
Read MoreOSHA Asks for Input on Railroad, Trucking Whistleblower Laws
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held a meeting June 12 in Washington, D.C. to get feedback from stakeholders in the trucking and railroad industries about whistleblower laws affecting their fields. The agency was specifically searching for suggestions about how it can offer better “whistleblower customer service” and the types of assistance it Read More
Read MoreCompanies Must Be Careful About How They Handle Potential Cybersecurity Whistleblowers
Recent guidance from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as well as cases involving the agency and a Supreme Court ruling on whistleblower protections, have shown just how seriously the SEC takes cybersecurity. Now, the onus is on companies across the nation to treat potential cybersecurity whistleblowers properly. In one recent case the SEC Read More
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