Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy discussed the enforcement priorities for the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) during a Q&A session on May 29, 2024, and made clear that the historical focus of the office remains...more
6/6/2024
/ Borrowers ,
BSA/AML ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Loans ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
Nevada lawmakers have proposed to take a page from the False Claims Act and add a whistleblower provision to existing cannabis law. Section 6 of Assembly Bill 413 (AB 413) would require Nevada’s Cannabis Compliance Board...more
The Department of Justice announced in a February 1, 2022 press release (Press Release) that it obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims in the fiscal year...more
2/3/2022
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Appeals ,
CARES Act ,
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Opioid ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Settlement ,
TRICARE ,
Whistleblowers
In an unexpected twist to a troubling situation that began over two years ago, U.S. Special Counsel Henry Kerner penned a letter to President Biden on March 31, 2021 questioning the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s)...more
Leading up to a webinar on July 15, 2020, we are publishing a blog series covering the risks of enforcement against companies that received COVID-19 relief funds under the CARES Act and strategies for mitigating these risks....more
7/6/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Natural Disasters ,
OIG ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Overview of Qui Tam Activity -
We identified 49 health care-related qui tam cases that were unsealed in September and October 2018.
The government intervened in whole or in part in 10 of those 49 unsealed cases, which...more
2/25/2019
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Former Employee ,
Fraud ,
Health Care Providers ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
RICO ,
Sealed Records ,
Voluntary Dismissals ,
Whistleblowers