The consequences on the firm and the individual. Although Yarushka’s family saw victory‚ It is hard to decipher just who won the case due to the fact that most False Claims Act cases are settled out of court before ever going to trial in order to avoid the severe consequences that may be imposed under the statute (Enstrom 2016). The penalty can range up to 11‚000 per false claim and possibly triple the damages (Enstrom 2016). State Farm Insurance State Farm insurance company
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In order to apply the Equal Pay Act there are four criteria that need to be met. They are; Equal Skill‚ Equal Effort‚ Equal Responsibility‚ and Similar Working Conditions. According to the article titled An Analysis of the Equal Pay Act‚ “Equal Skill constitutes the performance requirement of the jobs under consideration‚ not the skills which are unnecessary for the job but which an employee might possess.” Examples of the skills that are under consideration are experience‚ training‚ education‚ and
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tablet to post to social media‚ or turning on your favorite streaming video service for a movie with lightning fast internet speeds has become second nature to most of the world. This‚ however‚ is not the case in some rural communities in America. This has been changing since the 2009 Recovery Act was passed into law. Rural communities have steadily been getting the opportunity to join the urban core and experience broadband speeds from their internet provider. Although the process of getting broadband
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Article or Case Law Search Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) We have all heard about Obama Care. What is Obama Care? Obama Care also known as the Affordable care Act is a nationwide health care plan that is aimed primarily to alter the American health. Obamacare primary focus is to regulate the health insurance industry create a reduction in the USA government spending on the healthcare. Does that mean all people of the United States be able to afford this health care insurance? The following
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The Children Act 1989 states that in matters concerning the upbringing of a child "the child ’s welfare shall be the court ’s paramount consideration". Introduction This essay will critically evaluate the extent to which if at all the principle that "the Childs welfare shall be the courts paramount decision." The critical analysis of this will be done in context to health care and children. The discussion will include current relevant statute law not only from English courts‚ but also law and legislation
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Pharmaceuticals Act 2014 and the Storage of Pharmaceuticals Regulations 2014 do not apply to him. Is he correct? (3 marks) Section 2 of the Storage of Pharmaceuticals Act 2014 (Vic) (‘the Act’) states that ‘the Act is to come into effect in accordance with relevant provisions in the jurisdiction’. According to Section 11(3) of the Interpretation on Legislation Act 1984 (Vic)‚ the date of commencement is the same as the date of assent‚ in relation to the specific jurisdiction. The Act was assented
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several years the accountants and CEOs of these corporate giants were “cooking the books‚” the act of fooling the market into believing profits are higher than they actually are. The unlucky individuals who had believed their money was invested in high earning companies were hoodwinked‚ and their money was lost forever
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early prevention and intervention was needed. One policy that could of have been beneficial to Liz is the McKinney-Vento Act. According to Housing and Urban Development (HUD)‚ the McKinney-Vento Act assists homeless people with regaining independence‚ permanent housing‚ and addition housing services at reasonable costs (National Coalition for the Homeless‚ 2006) The McKinney-Vento Act was established in 1987 consisting of 9 titles which includes a wide variety of programs inclusive of housing and services
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2002‚ Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ known in the industry as SOX‚ as a measure to improve transparency in financial accounting and to prevent fraud. SOX consists of 11 chapters‚ or titles‚ which establish wideranging new regulations for auditors‚ CEOs and CFOs‚ boards of directors‚ investment analysts‚ and investment banks. These regulations are designed to ensure that (a) companies that perform audits are sufficiently independent of the companies that they audit‚ (b) a key executive in
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Representative Michael Oxley drafted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or "SOX" in 2002 in order to curb the incidence of corporate fraud. The “Act” was signed into law on July 30th 2002 by President George W. Bush with the express purpose of restoring public confidence in the financial markets; and after enacting “the Act”‚ neither Sarbanes or Oxley would run for re-election in the 2006 elections (Jahmani & Dowling‚ 2008). The intent of the SOX Act was to protect investors‚ and any other stakeholders in
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