News & Analysis as of

Fines False Claims Act (FCA)

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletters: Georgia Laboratory Owner Pleads Guilty to Felony Anti-Kickback Statute Violations

ArentFox Schiff on

Georgia Laboratory Owner Pleads Guilty to Felony Anti-Kickback Statute Violations - On February 28, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the guilty plea of Andrew Maloney, who, along with his clinical laboratory...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine

ArentFox Schiff on

Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine - Binance Holdings Limited, the operator of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, agreed to pay $4.3 billion to resolve allegations that it violated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)...more

Jones Day

Eleventh Circuit Holds Excessive Fines Clause Applies to Penalties in Non-Intervened FCA Cases

Jones Day on

A defendant who violates the FCA can be liable for treble damages plus a civil penalty of $5,500 to $11,000 (adjusted for inflation) for each false claim. Meanwhile, FCA lawsuits often involve tens of thousands of alleged...more

Smith Gambrell Russell

Good News and Bad News Regarding Excessive Fines Clause in DOJ-declined FCA Cases

The Eleventh Circuit recently ruled that the Excessive Fines Clause applies in declined qui tam cases. That is the good news. However, the Eleventh Circuit also upheld a judgment where the ratio of total liability to actual...more

King & Spalding

DOJ Announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to Use False Claims Act to Enforce Cybersecurity Standards in Government Contracts

King & Spalding on

FCA ENFORCEMENT SHIFT - On October 6, the Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) announced a new Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative – an effort that pulls together attorneys and experts across DOJ focused on...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Novartis’ $678 Million Settlement Sets Guideposts for Life Sciences Industry Speaker Programs

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis) recently entered into a civil settlement agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations that the company paid health care practitioners (HCPs) who spoke...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

EHR vendor Practice Fusion agrees to $145 million settlement to resolve criminal and civil kickback violations

Bricker Graydon LLP on

On January 27, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $145 million settlement with electronic health record (EHR) vendor Practice Fusion to resolve civil and criminal allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DOJ Announces Settlement with EHR Company to Resolve Criminal and Civil Kickback Investigations Tied to Opioid Prescribing

On January 27, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $145 million settlement with Practice Fusion Inc., an electronic health records (EHR) software company, that resolves parallel criminal and civil investigations...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Tax Law Changes Deductibility of Government Settlement Payments in False Claims Act, SEC, FINRA, and Other Types of Cases

Foley & Lardner LLP on

The new tax law changed the deductibility of settlements with government agencies in some circumstances thereby increasing the cost to companies to settle these cases. The deduction arose from the section in the Internal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Fined $29 Million - On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board assessed Taiwan based bank Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Fined $29 Million - On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board assessed Taiwan based bank Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - January 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Fined $29 Million - On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board assessed Taiwan based bank Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOJ Bows Out of ManorCare FCA Case

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

After years of investigation and litigation, and on the eve of a highly anticipated trial, the government abandoned its FCA case against ManorCare, the nation’s second-largest operator of skilled nursing homes and assisted...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Olympus Settles FCPA Charges with DOJ

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

The Department of Justice resolved another FCPA investigation centered on payments made to health officials. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, and Olympus...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

“Entirely Comfortable” With a “Monster”: A Striking Decision From an Unlikely Source About Excessive Fines Under the FCA

As we have discussed before, whistleblower and retaliation decisions—including from the Supreme Court of the United States—have created an increasingly whistleblower-friendly body of law that unifies courts across the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claim Act: 2013 Year in Review

Last year continued the trend of robust False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and proliferating qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers on behalf of the United States. In 2012, DOJ...more

16 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide