Renée Brooker and Eva Gunasekera, former prosecutors in senior leadership positions at the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Fraud Section (DOJ), have joined boutique law firm Tycko & Zavareei LLP (https://www.tzlegal.com/) as Partners, and will represent whistleblowers in Qui Tam litigation under the False Claims Act and whistleblower-reward programs of the SEC, CFTC, and IRS. The combination […]
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Thousands Of D.C. Renters Are Evicted Every Year. Do They All Know To Show Up To Court? [Read more…]
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CINCINNATI — Brian Harrison was short on cash after an auto accident. Janet Fyock needed help with her monthly mortgage payment. Adam McKinney was trying to avoid overdraft fees. All three signed up for Early Access loans from Fifth Third Bank. All three are now vying to act as lead plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit […]
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WASHINGTON, July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has entered into a settlement with Sterling Healthcare Opco, LLC d/b/a/Cordant Health Solutions (Cordant) to resolve a lawsuit that began five years ago with the filing of a whistleblower lawsuit by a former Cordant employee. The whistleblower alleged that a testing laboratory owned by Cordant, and […]
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Leave it to colleges and universities to continue charging exorbitant fees even as students are unable to attend class in-person due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Multiple schools from across the country will be hiking tuition for the upcoming academic year, The Washington Free Beacon reported. Attorney Hassan Zavareei, who is representing several students in multiple lawsuits, […]
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In a growing number of lawsuits across America, college students suddenly stuck in Zoom ZM, -3.76% classes want some of their tuition money back because, they say, this kind of academic experience isn’t what they bargained for. [Read more…] [Other T&Z News]
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The global pandemic has upended the travel industry, with airlines canceling thousands of flights and, until recently, cruise lines confining passengers to their cabins as the coronavirus swept through their vessels. Many travelers have resolved their issues with the companies, receiving refunds or other compensation. But others have not and are turning to the law for […]
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A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines alleges the carrier violated its contract with customers by failing to provide refunds for flights canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. In the suit, traveler Adrian Bombin says that when Southwest canceled his trip from Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, via Florida, to Havana last month, he asked for a refund. […]
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Lawyers at Tycko & Zavareei assert that Zoom’s sharing of user data to third parties was an “egregious breach of their trust and of social norms” and violated even Facebook’s policies. [Read more…]
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The changes come after a chilling video surfaced last month showing an apparent hacker taking control of a Mississippi family’s ring security camera and speaking directly to a terrified 8-year-old girl. [Read More…]
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