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News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

Courts of Appeals Continue to Limit the Government’s Aggressive False Claims Act Theories

by Chelsey Hadfield, Ty Howard, Jack Selden | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/23/2013

This spring saw two significant victories for health care providers in the federal courts of appeals. In both cases, the courts rejected an aggressive government theory under the False Claims Act (FCA), the first related to...more

D.C. District Court Again Rules That Bad Debt at a Collection Agency is Allowable

by Leslie Demaree Goldsmith | Ober|Kaler on 4/4/2013

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia recently ruled, again, that a Medicare contractor is not permitted to disallow Medicare bad debts solely on the ground that the bad debt is still at an outside...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - February 2013

by Anthony Cacace, Stacey Cerrone, Page W. Griffin, Jacklina Len, Kara L. Lincoln, Brian S. Neulander | Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/19/2013

In This Issue: - Editor's Overview - View from Proskauer: Are Your Conversations Privileged under ERISA? - Rulings, Filings, and Settlements of Interest ...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - January 2013

by Anthony Cacace, Nicole Eichberger, Page W. Griffin, Jacklina Len, Kara L. Lincoln, James R. Napoli, Brian S. Neulander | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/25/2013

In This Issue: - Editors' Overview - The Future Role of Experts in ERISA Class - View from Proskauer: Health Insurance Exchanges and Retiree Medical Exits--Five Ways To Make Sure It's Really a "Soft...more

False Claims Act Focus - December 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/22/2012

EDITOR’S NOTE - Recent reports from the Department of Justice that it collected a record $4.9 billion under the False Claims Act in fiscal year 2012 only underscore what we’ve been seeing in our practice and elsewhere in...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - December 2012

by Anthony Cacace, Bridgit M. DePietto, Page W. Griffin, Kara L. Lincoln, Brian S. Neulander, Howard Shapiro | Proskauer Rose LLP on 12/20/2012

In This Issue: - Editors' Overview - Supreme Court Revisits Meaning of 'Appropriate Equitable Relief' in US Airways v. McCutchen - Rulings, Filings, and Settlements of Interest ...more

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - November 2012

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/11/2012

In This Issue: - Editors' Overview - Second Circuit Rules That Amending A Multiemployer Plan Is Not a Fiduciary Act, But Leaves Many Questions Unanswered - How ACA Modifies ERISA's Benefit Claims...more

ERISA Legal News - 2nd Quarter, 2012 • Volume 3, Number 2

by Dickinson Wright on 7/24/2012

In This Issue: IN THIS ISSUE: - Supreme Court’s Decision on Healthcare Reform – What Does This Mean To ERISA Welfare Benefit Plans? ....1 - SELECT CASE SUMMARIES....2 - DICKINSON WRIGHT ERISA...more

False Claims Act Focus - July 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 7/19/2012

EDITOR'S NOTE: Although the False Claims Act (FCA) is used most frequently to address allegations of fraud in health care and government procurement, the statute can be used quite effectively in any situation in which...more

The Life Sciences Report - Spring 2012

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/28/2012

In this issue: - New Procedures for Challenging Patent Validity - Aggressive Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Likely to Continue in 2012 - Life Sciences: The Rodney Dangerfield of Venture Capital -...more