More plaintiffs are continuing to join the diabetes drug Ozempic lawsuits against Novo Nordisk; and, until a couple of weeks ago, some court watchers were estimating that the total number of federal lawsuits involving Ozempic...more
Class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have led to massive settlements by chemical companies that have totaled in the billions of dollars, and that has...more
9/12/2024
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Drinking Water ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
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Water
Recent events suggest that a global settlement in the longstanding hernia mesh multidistrict litigation (MDL) is on the horizon. Most recently, the parties jointly submitted two case management orders on July 5, 2024—CMO #52...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects companies to self-police their environmental compliance efforts. While the EPA regularly conducts inspections focused on assessing environmental compliance, it also...more
8/21/2024
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CERCLA ,
Clean Water Act ,
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Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
EPCRA ,
FIFRA ,
RCRA ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long conducted inspections to assess the efficacy of companies’ environmental compliance programs. However, under the EPA’s Climate Enforcement and Compliance...more
Abiomed, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is facing lawsuits across the country related to the company’s Impella heart pumps. Since June of last year, the company has issued multiple recalls for these implantable...more
Federal law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), have amped up their investigations into the drug ketamine in recent years, likely in reaction to some high-profile overdose deaths....more
8/1/2024
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Controlled Substances Act ,
DEA ,
Defense Strategies ,
Drug Possession ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Internal Investigations ,
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Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
White Collar Crimes
One avenue for whistleblowers to take to report fraud against the government is to file a qui tam lawsuit under the federal False Claims Act. These lawsuits are complex because they have not two, but three parties to them –...more
7/24/2024
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Defense Strategies ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Law Enforcement ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Qui Tam ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for enforcing the federal laws, regulations, and Executive Orders focused on protecting the environment for the benefit of the American people, threatened and...more
7/17/2024
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Defense Strategies ,
Discovery ,
Document Review ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Evidence ,
Investigations ,
Litigation Strategies ,
NPDES ,
Penalties ,
Risk Mitigation
People who work on Wall Street come into contact with important information all the time. Sometimes, though, that information indicates that a major corporation or company is breaking the law. If this happens to you, you have...more
7/10/2024
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Bribery ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Defense Strategies ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Retaliation ,
Wall Street ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Whistleblowers in the nation’s capital should strongly consider getting experienced legal help to develop their case and present it to federal law enforcement personnel. By hiring an experienced whistleblower attorney, you...more
The healthcare industry relies heavily on whistleblowers to bring fraudulent conduct and other forms of waste and abuse to the attention of regulators, law enforcement, and the public in general. If you have found signs of...more
6/25/2024
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Defense Strategies ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Retaliation ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wrongful Termination
Anyone who has obtained evidence that a person or company is committing tax fraud or evasion can become a whistleblower by reporting it to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Due to the volume of reports that the agency...more
6/18/2024
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Corporate Misconduct ,
Defense Strategies ,
Document Productions ,
Evidence ,
IRS ,
Tax Evasion ,
Tax Fraud ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Companies in a wide range of industries are subject to the oversight of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA enforces numerous environmental laws, environmental regulations, and executive orders to...more
6/11/2024
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Clean Air Act ,
Clean Water Act ,
Compliance ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FIFRA ,
FQPA ,
NPDES ,
RCRA ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Safe Drinking Water Act ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, also referred to as SOX or as Sarbox, is a federal statute that requires specific corporate recordkeeping measures as well as financial reporting. It was passed in the aftermath of several huge...more
6/4/2024
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Fraud ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
All healthcare providers and other businesses in the healthcare industry need to comply with the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The AKS imposes criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations, and even inadvertent...more
Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 relies heavily on whistleblowers, both in America and abroad. If you have information about a potential violation of the law and want to report it to the authorities,...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Whistleblower Program was created in Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which amended the Securities Exchange Act to include a whistleblower provision. It has since...more
5/7/2024
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Corporate Misconduct ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Violations ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
The federal government is continuing to rely heavily on whistleblowers in 2024. While there are now several federal whistleblower programs, the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act remain among the government’s most...more
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), formed under the National Defense Authorization Act, establishes new disclosure obligations for millions of companies operating in the United States and abroad including...more
The False Claims Act, sometimes referred to as the FCA, is an integral part of U.S. whistleblower law. By providing an avenue for individuals to blow the whistle on false or fraudulent claims that are being committed against...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that reviews foreign investments in U.S. businesses and real estate assets. The primary purpose of a CFIUS review is to examine any...more
There are many junctures in the U.S. healthcare system that enable fraudulent activities, and one of the biggest has to do with pharmaceutical companies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of...more
4/2/2024
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Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Section 340B ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Lots of health care service providers find themselves in the position of needing to file a Medicare appeal. Despite the systematic nature of modern Medicare billing, wrongful denials remain common, and errors during Medicare...more
3/26/2024
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Billing ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Appeals ,
OMHA ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Redeterminations ,
Reimbursements
For foreign entities that need approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to pursue investments in the U.S., working with experienced legal counsel is essential. While CFIUS will approve...more