Eleven lawsuits filed by the state of Mississippi against several government contractors that allege bribery and kickbacks of a former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) commissioner have resulted in $26.6 million in recoveries. According to the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, the contractors used the bribes and kickbacks on former MDOC Commissioner Christopher Epps to gain …

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Community Health System, one of the largest health systems in the United States, has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle claims made against it arising from a 2014 data breach. The data breach, believed to be caused by malware installed by Chinese hackers on CHS’s computer system, exposed the names, dates of birth, addresses, …

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Staffing agencies East Coast Labor Solutions, East Coast Labor Solutions of West Virginia, Labor Solutions, and Labor Solutions of Alabama have agreed to pay $475,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal lawsuit alleging national origin discrimination and failure to accommodate disabilities brought by the EEOC. Read the source article at Legal News …

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A Colorado jury awarded Brandon Fesquez $1,050,000 in damages in his FRSA whistleblower retaliation claim against BNSF Railway Company.  The verdict form reveals that the jury awarded $800,000 in emotional distress damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.  This significant win underscores the substantial exposure that an employer can face when firing an employee due to their protected whistleblowing. Read …

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Superstar singer R. Kelly was ordered held on $1 million bond Saturday by a Cook County judge who called the allegations of sexual abuse laid out by prosecutors “disturbing.” Prosecutors alleged Kelly sexually abused one woman and three underage girls in separate attacks over a span of a dozen years. Prosecutors said Kelly’s 24-year-old hairdresser …

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A Kansas judge dismissed all criminal charges against Schlitterbahn Waterpark officials on Friday, finding the Kansas Attorney General’s office submitted improper evidence to a grand jury in the case of a 10-year-old boy who was killed while riding the park’s 17-story Verruckt water slide. Read the source article at Homepage

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Pharma executives are facing a Capitol Hill grilling on high drug prices Tuesday — bringing them into the same politically treacherous ground as tobacco and tech leaders before them. The Senate Finance Committee hearing is an ominous signal for the drug industry that major legislative reform is on the horizon. Read the source article at …

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In the most high-profile congressional vote on gun control in years, House Democrats are set to pass a bipartisan measure this week that mandates federal background checks on all gun sales, including private transactions. House Democrats have also scheduled a vote on legislation to extend the deadline for federal background checks from three business days …

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Noting that “federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity,” the Supreme Court vacated an opinion Monday where the Ninth Circuit counted the vote of U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt after his death. “Because Judge Reinhardt was no longer a judge at the time when the en banc decision in this case was filed, …

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Just in time for the Oscars, Hollywood is trying to snuff out competition from streaming video. If it were a movie, it would be a pirate story. The major studios claim one company is stealing their bounty online. Omniverse One World Television provides streaming content to several online television…… Read the source article at blogs.findlaw.com

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