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The class action flood gates have opened.
Less than two weeks after Uber Technologies agreed to pay up to $100 million to settle class-action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts in which drivers sought to be reclassified as employees instead of independent contractors, the ride-hailing company has been slapped with two new cases.
Lawyers in Florida and Illinois have filed similar nationwide class-action lawsuits on behalf of Uber drivers who say the San Francisco company...

Having been kicked out of his home, John McTiernan is now accusing First Interstate Bank of swindling him.
The director of such blockbusters as Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October and Predator went to jail in 2013 over false statements made to the FBI during its investigation into the activity of private eye Anthony Pellicano. When he got out of a South Dakota prison in February 2014, he found himself in the midst of a war-of-words with the bank that held debt secured by his 3,254-acre...

In one of the biggest settlements of its kind to date, U.S. drug giant Pfizer has entered a tentative agreement to pay $784.6 million to settle long-running allegations that drug manufacturer Wyeth overcharged Medicaid for its heartburn medication Protonix. The two whistleblowers who brought the initial claims under the False Claims Act stand to split a whistleblower award of nearly $59 million.
Tip of the Big Pharma Fraud Iceberg says Whistleblower Lawyer “The conduct of Big...

A Menomonee Falls architecture and construction firm has agreed to pay $3 million to settle civil and criminal charges that it defrauded the federal government's "Buy American" rules for contractors.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Novum Structures repackaged steel and other construction materials from foreign countries to appear as if it were sourced in the United States. The firm used the materials on government projects around the country, such as a courthouse in Illinois,...

A Wisconsin-based contractor who performed work at the Miami Intermodal Center pleaded guilty this week and paid $3 million in criminal and civil fines for defrauding the federal government.
The charges stemmed from Novum Structural LLC claims that it used materials forged and manufactured in the United States for at least three federally funded projects: The United States Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois; a street car expansion in New Orleans, and the $2 billion Miami Intermodal Center...

Menomonee Falls contractor Novum Structures LLC agreed to pay $3 million to settle lawsuits claiming the company used steel and other materials manufactured in China and Italy on government projects with "Buy America" requirements.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced the guilty plea and settlement agreements in both criminal and civil charges. The lawsuits alleged Novum used the foreign construction materials on the federal contracts, including the New Orleans streetcar...

Wisconsin-based contractor Novum Structures has admitted it passed off foreign construction materials as American and has agreed to pay $3 million in civil and criminal settlements.
Novum, based in Menomonee Falls, pleaded guilty in federal court in Milwaukee Wednesday. The company admitted it substituted components manufactured in China and elsewhere for materials labeled as U.S.-made, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The parts were used in government buildings...

A Wisconsin-based contractor will pay $3 million to resolve its liability arising from improper use of foreign materials on federally funded construction projects.
Glass enclosure specialist Novum Structures violated contractual provisions that apply domestic preference statutes, recognized as “Buy American” requirements, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Novum allegedly repackaged materials and falsified documents relating to some federally funded projects in...

A Menomonee Falls architecture and construction firm has agreed to pay $3 million to settle civil and criminal charges that it defrauded the federal government's "Buy American" rules for contractors.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Novum Structures repackaged steel and other construction materials from foreign countries to appear as if it were sourced in the United States. The firm used the materials on government projects around the country, such as a courthouse in Illinois,...

A Wisconsin contractor has pleaded guilty to illegally substituting foreign-made building materials in nearly a half-dozen federally-funded projects that required American-made materials, including expansion work tied to New Orleans’ streetcar line.
Despite the criminal charge, the work in New Orleans did not pose a safety risk, according to an attorney involved in the case.
As part of a plea deal entered this week in federal court in Wisconsin, Novum Structures LLC pleaded...