September 28, 2023 - FWH Whistleblower Case Settles for $8.1 Million Dollars. The United States Attorneys' Office announced the settlement today of a False Claims Act case against Boeing, one of the nation's largest defense contractors, which was brought on behalf of the United States government by FWH partner F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, III and co-counsel Joseph D. Mancano of Mancano Law, PLLC.
Attorneys Fitzpatrick and Mancano represented three former Boeing employees who filed a "whistleblower" Complaint alleging that Boeing had knowingly failed to manufacture a military aircraft called the V-22 Osprey in accordance with critical Department of Defense specifications, and that it had submitted fraudulent claims for that work. Boeing will pay the government $8.1 million dollars to settle those allegations. The whistleblowers will share in $1,539,000 of the settlement amount.
The case involved complex procedures used to manufacture lightweight carbon-fiber parts that comprise almost half of the V-22's components. Fitzpatrick and Mancano worked closely with the US Attorneys' Office over the course of its seven-year investigation, providing extraordinary legal and technical support. Further details are set forth in their joint Press Release. Click Here for more information
Electricians union's tactic for organizing suburbs: 'salting.'Over the past 40 years, Wally Flamm has been involved in many of the more heated and publicly noted battles in the construction trades. Because of his prominence, he was interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer recently for a front page article in the continuing investigation of the Electricians Union and its leader John (“Johnny Doc”) Dougherty. This is the article:
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Tom Heimbach, who concentrates his practice in the area of employment and labor relations in our Allentown office, gave a speaking presentation on Negotiations on February 23, 2017 for the Government Finance Officers Association – PA East. |