Lebau & Neuworth Helps Whistleblower, Victim of Discrimination Get Justice

Posted on September 28, 2021 in Discrimination & Harassment, Employee Rights, Employment Law, False Claims & Whistleblowing, Workplace Retaliation

Lebau & Neuworth attorneys representing a client working with a depaertment of the City of Baltimore assisted with her case that ended with the city settling an employment lawsuit for more than $158,000 and officials admitting they broke city policy with a promotion.

Assessing the Impact of Federal Entitlement Benefits on Employment

Posted on September 6, 2021 in Employee Benefits, Employee Rights, Employment Law, Health Care and Healthcare, Health Insurance & COBRA, Social Security

Lebau and Neuworth partner attorney Richard Neuworth recently made a new and important presentation on the topic of Federal Entitlement Benefits and how they affect employment law.

Lebau & Neuworth Attorneys Provide Updates on Maryland Employment Law Guide

Posted on September 1, 2021 in Coronavirus COVID-19, Employee Benefits, Employee Classification, Employee Rights, Employment Law, Fair Labor Standards Act, False Claims & Whistleblowing, Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, Pension & Retirement Benefits

Lebau & Neuworth attorneys Devan Wang and Richard Neuworth recently made presentations that updated several important chapters on Maryland Employment Law Guide.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: COVID 19 Created Additional Ways to Prove Disability in Various Benefits Cases

Posted on August 15, 2021 in Coronavirus COVID-19, Disability Laws, Employee Benefits, Employee Rights, Employment Law, Social Security

COVID 19 produced a new paradigm that created additional ways to prove disability in Social Security Disability, Workers Compensation and Long-Term disability benefits cases.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: The American Rescue Plan Act Provides COBRA SUBSIDY

Posted on March 31, 2021 in Coronavirus COVID-19, Employee Benefits, Employee Rights, Employment Law, Health Insurance & COBRA

The American Rescue Plan Act (the “Act”) signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, authorizes federal spending for much-needed economic relief and poverty alleviation.

Maryland Introduces Biometric Information Privacy Bill

Posted on March 19, 2021 in Employee Rights, Employment Law

Maryland recently introduced House Bill 218, which, if passed, will provide protections for the biometric information of Maryland employees and citizens.

More than $2 Billion Recovered from False Claims Act Cases -- An L&N Specialty -- in FY 2020

Posted on January 26, 2021 in Employee Rights, Employment Law, False Claims & Whistleblowing, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Discharge

Lebau & Neuworth is well-positioned to take on governmental-fraud-related cases in Maryland and across the country.

Pregnancy Complications as a Disability & Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation

Posted on January 18, 2021 in Disability Benefits, Disability Laws, Disabled & Advisability Laws, Employee Rights, Employment Law

The law now dictates that pregnancy, by itself, does not constitute a disability protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). However, an employee’s pregnancy-related complications can rise to the level of a protected disability under the ADA.

Richard Neuworth Receives Award for Excellence in Employment Advocacy

Posted on January 6, 2021 in Employee Rights, Employment Law

Lebau & Neuworth partner attorney Richard Neuworth recevied the Julie Martin-Korb award for excellence in employment advocacy on December 4, 2020, at the Maryland Employment Lawyers Association (MELA) annual convention.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: Whistleblowing Issues in The Post-Covid Environment

Posted on November 20, 2020 in Coronavirus COVID-19, Employee Rights, Employment Law, False Claims & Whistleblowing

Lebau & Neuworth partner attorney Richard Neuworth made a presentation for the Maryland State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section on November 18, 2020, regarding the issues of Whistleblowing in The Post-Covid Environment.