Pittsburgh, PA
Employment and labor Lawyer at Pittsburgh, PA
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Copyright Infringement ... +3 more
OUTCOME: favorable claim construction
AMERICAN INNOTEK V UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, __U.S. Ct. Fed Cl. ___ (2013). In this case it is alleged that the government awarded a contract for the manufacture of a patented product, and failed to p ... ay reasonable compensation to the patent owner.
OUTCOME: Favorable decision
In this case Mr. Morgan, a residential designer, alleged that a home builder violated his copyright on his residential home drawings.
OUTCOME: favorable outcome
This is a Federal False Claims Case --the Federal District Court, addresses the issue of Whistleblowing and the unlawful termination of an employee because of his complaints of Medicare Fraud. The Magi ... strate says: "the Plaintiff's evidence presents one of the stronger retaliation claims to have come before the undersigned in recent memory."
OUTCOME: favorable decision
LETTRICH v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, 213 F.3d 765 (3rd Cir. 2000),-- Joseph Lettrich, who worked for Thrift Drug, believed that if there were ever a change in control he would receive severance pay. In 19 ... 97 J.C. Penney purchased Eckerd Pharmacy and Eckerd took control of Thrift Drug, a subsidiary of J.C. Penney. Mr. Lettrich applied for severance pay but was denied severance; the explanation being that the severance pay plan had terminated years earlier. J.C. Penney said he should have known because the notice of termination appeared in an annual report sent to stockholders. Mr. Lettrich objected because all of his prior notices appeared in a Benefits Information Brochure. He did not expect to see a notice in a stockholder report and had come to rely on the existence of the severance pay program. The court found that Mr. Lettrich's case must be heard.
OUTCOME: good
-- an insurance agent who worked for a number of years at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, observed several illegal sales practices including (1) a "churning" scheme, whereby MetLife encouraged and ... coerced agents to fraudulently trade insurance policies in order to accumulate commissions and decrease the value of outstanding policies; (2) a"50/50" insurance plan that MetLife fraudulently advertised as a retirement savings plan; and (3) an organized policy of intimidation and harassment by MetLife management directed toward its insurance agents to participate in these fraudulent activities. When he objected, he was ridiculed in sales meetings and eventually dismissed. He filed this action and alleged that his dismissal was part of a pattern of racketeering activity. In this opinion the court decides whether a federal law, written to exclude insurance companies from federal regulation, prohibits Racketeering actions against an Insurance company. (Mr. Ernsberger wrote the complaint that was approved on appellate review)
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