Our False Claims Act (FCA) Team examines the Department of Justice’s increased focus on enforcement of the FCA, especially in health care matters. The DOJ initiated over 1,000 FCA matters in one year for the first time....more
3/8/2024
/ Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Private Equity ,
Qui Tam ,
Whistleblowers
Our Health Care Litigation Group reviews a second rule in as many months from the Department of Health and Human Services regulating the use of its own guidance documents....more
Loosening regulations on telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic has, unsurprisingly, led to a boom in telehealth use. At the same time, telehealth has emerged as a key enforcement initiative of the Department of Justice...more
Federal agencies have relaxed telehealth regulations to improve and expedite patient care during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Our Health Care and Health Care Litigation Groups explore how to take advantage of remote...more
Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examines the newest guidance from the Department of Justice on earning credit to reduce False Claims Act liability....more
The Department of Justice Criminal Division revised and shuffled two-year-old guidance to help prosecutors evaluate corporate compliance policies when making charging decisions. Our White Collar, Government & Internal...more
An amicus brief in an FCA suit indicates that the government is serious about applying the Granston Memo and invoking its statutory authority to dismiss cases. Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations and Health...more
Our Government & Internal Investigations Team analyzes the use of data analytics by relators and the government in False Claims Act cases and other enforcement actions in the health care industry....more
In February 2017, the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published guidance on how it assesses corporate compliance programs. This is the first formal guidance issued by the Fraud Section under the...more
Oral arguments were heard Tuesday, April 19th by the U.S. Supreme Court in one of the most significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases the Court has dealt with in decades on an issue with very real impact on whistleblower suits...more
In June 2015, the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published revisions to their jointly issued A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Resource Guide, initially...more
9/14/2015
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCPA Resource Guide ,
Fines ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Internal Controls ,
Joint Venture ,
Meals-Gifts-and Entertainment Rules ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. (KBR) v. United States ex rel. Carter, resolving two questions that had previously divided lower courts interpreting the federal...more