Hillsborough transit chief departs, taking $88,000 with her
Summary: The chief executive of the public transit agency serving the Tampa area stepped down Tuesday afternoon, ending a two-and-a-half year tenure that culminated in a monthslong investigation into her leadership.
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HART board votes to part ways with CEO following investigation into her conduct
Summary: The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority's CEO is out of a job after the agency's board of directors voted Tuesday to part ways with Adelee Le Grand following an investigation into her conduct.
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ShorePoint faces lawsuit over closure
Summary: ShorePoint Health Venice and Community Health Systems Inc., its parent company, are the defendants in a lawsuit alleging a violation of federal law in the closure of the hospital.
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Technician Hits Internet Provider With On-Call Wage Suit
Summary: A field technician accused the telecom firm and internet service provider Level 3 Communications of requiring workers to spend 24 hours per day on call without adequate overtime compensation.
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Trulieve unlawful background checks $60,500 class action lawsuit settlement
Summary: In April of 2019, Logan Lyttle applied to work at Trulieve. However, Trulieve refused to hire him based on information it obtained from his background check. Check Out Our Summary.
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Excessive Fee Suit Treads Familiar, New Ground(s)
Summary: The fiduciaries of yet another multi-billion dollar 401(k) have been sued for an alleged breach of its fiduciary duty.
Full Article Enterprise Can't Shake WARN Act Liability Over Virus Layoffs
Summary: Law360 is providing free access to its coronavirus coverage to make sure all members of the legal community have accurate information in this time of uncertainty and change.
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Federal judge certifies class action lawsuit against Laser Spine Institute
Summary: The plaintiffs allege that Laser Spine Institute did not provide proper notification to its employees of its abrupt closure.
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Tampa's Largest Ambulance Provider Agrees to Settle Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Filed by Berger & Montague and Wenzel Fenton Cabassa for $5.5 Million
Summary: Berger & Montague, P.C. and Wenzel Fenton Cabassa, P.A. of Tampa are pleased to announce that AmeriCare Ambulance Service, Inc. and its sister company, AmeriCare ALS, Inc. (collectively, AmeriCare), agreed to pay $5.5 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit filed by both firms on behalf of their client. The lawsuit alleges that AmeriCare defrauded the government by billing Medicare for thousands of medically unnecessary services.
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Whistleblowers Case Against Gainesville Eye Physicians
Summary: Whistleblowers Case Against Gainesville Eye Physicians: Gainesville Eye Physicians is being named in a complaint citing fraud against elderly patients.
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