The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its first major complaint-in-intervention under the False Claims Act (FCA) premised on a government contractor’s alleged cybersecurity deficiencies since the DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud...more
9/13/2024
/ Compliance ,
Compliance Commitees ,
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Intervention Notices ,
NIST ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Whistleblowers
This past year, the False Claims Act (FCA) continued to be a key tool for the Justice Department and whistleblowers to bring suits against companies, including those in the financial services sector. The Justice Department...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual summary of False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for the prior fiscal year, and the data points to a number of notable trends.
Although DOJ brought in the second-highest...more
2/17/2023
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Physicians ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Settlement
In 2022, the False Claims Act (FCA) continued to be the federal government’s chief tool for combatting fraud. Many trends in recent years were likewise present in 2022: robust FCA enforcement generally, healthcare as the...more
On February 1, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ruled that a False Claims Act (FCA) case against defense contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings and Aerojet Rockdyne Inc....more
The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Bradley False Claims Act Year in Review. In that decade, much has remained the same in FCA enforcement. To start with the obvious: It continues to result in billions of dollars...more
2/3/2022
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
CARES Act ,
Causation ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Damages ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dismissals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Healthcare ,
Local Coverage Determination (LCD) ,
Materiality ,
Overpayment ,
Pleading Standards ,
Public Disclosure Bar ,
Request for Equitable Adjustment ,
Scienter ,
Settlement
Each year brings significant changes and challenges in the laws governing the health care industry, and 2014 proved to be no exception. What the year may have lacked in the high drama that accompanies comprehensive health...more
12/31/2014
/ ACOs ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
CMP Law ,
Cybersecurity ,
Ebola ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Halbig v Burwell ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
King v Burwell ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
OIG ,
Patient Confidentiality Breaches ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Stark Law ,
Tax Credits