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Financial institutions who fail to secure computer networks and sensitive customer information from cyber attacks are presenting huge whistleblower opportunities for IT professionals and other bank and investment firm employees. Failure to report weak cybersecurity systems and cyberhacks continue to pose a problem for U.S. banks, and whistleblowers are in prime position to collect big cash awards for their inside knowledge.
Cybercrime Estimated To Cost Global Economy over $500 Billion...

Brian Mahany is a nationally known attorney.  Through the help of whistle blowers, he has exposed wrongdoings on several layers.
Find out what it's like to get the wrongdoers to pay up, especially when it's the government and some of the giant corporations we're talking about...

Attorney Brian Mahany presents his new book: "Saints, Sinners & Heroes: Covert Ops in the War against the C-Suite Mafia"

Episode Overview: Dr. Nandi invites a patient, pharmacist, lawyer and legislator to explain the inflated costs of pharmaceuticals. Americans spent a record 374 BILLION dollars on pharmaceuticals in 2014. On average every American pays $1,000 per person, per year on pharmaceuticals. The amount of families who have spent more on prescriptions in a year than the average household income in the United States has jumped 63 percent since 2013. A shocking one in five U.S. adults do not fill their...

Mahany, a former New Orleans cop who became a prosecutor and took on the Uber class-action lawsuit. Mahany represents drivers who allege they are being ripped off by Uber Technologies, Inc., - a multinational online transportation company.
“The public face of Uber is very different than what many of the drivers report,” Mahany said. In a steady stream of legal action being taken across the nation, Uber drivers allege a double standard under which they are expected to perform...

Uber's slippery slope (French)

A former Milwaukee Uber driver is suing the company over the amount of money he's making working for the ride sharing service. Lamont Lathan says Uber owes him overtime and tips.
Brian Mahany represents Lathan in the lawsuit. He says after talking to hundred of other drivers, his client has a legitimate case.
"When Uber started, drivers were making more money."
Mahany says there are a few factors to take into account with this case.
"One, there's an over saturation of...

A police dispatcher is suing Cairo, alleging unpaid wages and violations of workers compensation acts.
Christopher Coleman of Alexander County filed a class action lawsuit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, June 20 in federal court against the city of Cairo alleging it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.
According to the complaint, Coleman worked for more than 40 hours per week during his employment with the city, March 2014 to February 2016, without...

A Milwaukee area driver is suing Uber Technologies Inc., the ride-sharing giant, in federal court, and seeking to make the suit a Wisconsin-specific class action.
The suit, filed Friday by a lawyer representing driver Lamont Lathan, claims that the company misclassifies drivers as independent contractors when they should be termed employees – thus depriving the drivers of overtime pay and benefits.
The suit makes numerous claims, including that the company withholds tips from...

A former driver for Uber has sued the giant ride-hailing company in federal court, seeking unpaid overtime, tips and other payments on behalf of all current and former drivers in Wisconsin.
The suit asks the court to "properly classify" Uber drivers as employees, not the independent contractors Uber says they are, a dispute in at least two dozen other lawsuits around the nation, and central to other companies' economic model in "the gig economy."
Currently, the Milwaukee suit...