Criminal Law – May 21, 2012

by Ashley C L Brown on 5/19/2012

Pursuant to California law, medical marijuana businesses legally are allowed to operate in the state. However, there are conflicts in the laws and confusion about what is and is not permitted. This article provides some...more

by Ober|Kaler on 5/15/2012

On May 2, 2012, the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a nationwide takedown of 107 individuals for Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $452 million in false...more

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/9/2012

Introduction Mintz Levin’s Health Care Fraud Enforcement Defense group has published a series of “Year in Review” articles discussing its observations about health care fraud enforcement trends in 2011 and its opinions...more

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 5/7/2012

The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more

by Morgan Lewis on 5/4/2012

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force's use of a pivotal ACA regulation to suspend payments during criminal investigations signals a turning point in its prosecution strategy. On Wednesday, May 2, U.S. Attorney General Eric...more

by Arianne Callender on 5/3/2012

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force's use of a pivotal ACA regulation to suspend payments during criminal investigations signals a turning point in its prosecution strategy....more

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/26/2012

A hearing titled Anatomy of a Fraud Bust: From Investigation to Conviction held by the Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) on April 24th allowed federal health care agencies to both tout their fraud-fighting successes,...more

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/16/2012

This third, and final, installment in the “Year in Review” series examines how criminal health care fraud enforcement has changed in the past year, including the use of non-health-care-related statutes, the focus on specific...more