Question of the Week -- Will Publicizing Pay Differentials Change Hollywood?
Posted 01/24/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Over the weekend, while over a million women took to the streets for the Women’s March, one female comedian staged her own protest by publicizing the dollar figures she was recently offered from Netflix. Mo’Nique, an Academy Award-winning actress and comedian, announced that she was offered $500,000 for a comedy special from Netflix-which is less than 1/20 of the amount...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced a $7.62 million settlement with California-based DJO Global Inc. to resolve allegations that a DJO subsidiary falsely billed TRICARE for excessive and unnecessary supplies. The government alleged that the DJO subsidiary used an improper “assumptive selling” technique to induce TRICARE beneficiaries to order supplies that they did...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
SEC Charges Six Accountants for Leaking Data to Aid KPMG – “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against six certified public accountants-including former staffers at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and former senior officials at KPMG LLP-arising from their participation in a scheme to misappropriate and use confidential...
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
On Friday, February 9, at 1:30 PM Eastern, Partner 
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FHA moves closer to allaying lenders' False Claims Act fears -- "The Federal Housing Administration appears to have made progress in improving how loans are evaluated for minor defects, possibly removing an obstacle to growth of the FHA single-family program." 
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Sports Tribunal Begins Hearing Appeals from 39 Banned Russians – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) began to hear appeals on Monday from 39 Russian athletes who were given lifetime Olympic bans for doping violations at the 2014 Sochi Games. The athletes were among 43 disqualified from their events, banned from participating in future Olympics and in some cases...
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The 
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