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Paycheck Protection Program

So you’ve retained funds provided under the SBA Paycheck Protection Program in the CARES Act. What next? We’ve compiled a checklist to maintain your compliance with the program’s conditions and reduce the risk of audit...more

Texas Man Using Online Name Generator Latest to Be Charged with PPP Loan Fraud

In the past two weeks, the federal government has charged several individuals in Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud schemes. The allegations have ranged from applying for loans for non-operating businesses to using loan...more

DOJ Reportedly Issues PPP-Related Subpoenas to Banks

In yet another sign that the federal government is following through on its warnings about PPP loan fraud, the Department of Justice, according to reports from Reuters, has issued grand jury subpoenas to several Wall Street...more

Purchasing a Rolls-Royce Is Not a Permissible Use of PPP Funds

Federal prosecutors continued to quickly respond to PPP loan fraud, bringing two additional cases that allege clear misuse of the funds intended for small businesses. In one case, prosecutors in Georgia charged reality TV...more

Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund

So you’ve retained funds provided under the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund in the CARES Act. What next? We’ve compiled a checklist to maintain your compliance with the program’s conditions and reduce the...more

DOJ Brings First Payroll Protection Program-Related Criminal Case

On Tuesday, May 5, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges in the federal District Court of Rhode Island against David A. Staveley and David Butziger for conspiracy to make a false statement and conspiracy to commit...more

Life Sciences Investors Beware: Private Equity Firm Settles Federal False Claims Act Suit Regarding Compounding Pharmacy It...

On September 18, 2019, the Department of Justice announced a $21.36 million settlement to resolve a False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuit alleging a fraudulent kickback scheme through which a pharmaceutical company (Patient Care...more

Life Sciences Investors Beware

Private Equity Firm Settles Federal False Claims Act Suit Regarding Compounding Pharmacy It Managed - On September 18, 2019, the Department of Justice announced a $21.36 million settlement to resolve a False Claims Act...more

DOJ Issues New Guidance on False Claims Act Investigation Cooperation Credit

The Department of Justice Civil Division this week issued a long-awaited policy regarding the circumstances under which companies and individuals can receive cooperation credit in False Claims Act investigations. The new...more

Cybersecurity 2019: Data Privacy Trends

In 2018, privacy and data security crossed a number of thresholds. In the public mind, through high-profile data breaches and revelations about unexpected uses of personal information, questions of privacy became much more...more

Cybersecurity 2019 — The Year in Preview: Cryptocurrency and SEC Enforcement

Editors’ Note: This is the fifth in our third annual series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity during the new year. Our previous entries were on emerging threats, state law trends, comparing the...more

HoweyCoins: The SEC’s Newest Attempt at Educating the Public on ICOs.

Perhaps in the spirit of the saying “if you can’t beat them, join them,” the Securities and Exchange Commission recently launched an initial coin offering website of its own – HoweyCoins.com. No, the SEC has not suddenly...more

Defending False Claims Act Cases: Two New Tools Under the Trump Administration

Earlier this year, the Department of Justice, Civil Division, issued two policy memos that will directly affect its civil enforcement priorities, particularly with regard to healthcare and life sciences companies. The first...more

New SEC Guidance Addresses Disclosure Requirements for Breach Events

As the SEC has made clear on numerous occasions over the past year, cybersecurity will continue to be a major enforcement priority under the Commission’s new leadership. As we have previously covered, one new area of...more

Cybersecurity 2018 – The Year in Preview: Financial Institutions and the SEC

Editors’ Note: This is the eighth in a multi-part end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity during the coming year. Previous installments include analyses of HIPAA compliance, emerging...more

SEC’s Cyber Unit Takes Aim at ICOs

For the second time in less than a month, the SEC’s newly created Cyber Unit has shut down an initial coin offering (ICO). This time the ICO was for Munchee, Inc., a California-based developer of an iPhone application for...more

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