In this episode, AGG Women in Tech Law attorneys Jackie Cooney, Allison Raley, and Sara Lord explore the complexities of the False Claims Act ("FCA") and its recent application to cybersecurity. They provide a comprehensive...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more
7/23/2024
/ Administrative Authority ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Expert Testimony ,
Expert Witness ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Fraud ,
Government Agencies ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Care Providers ,
Jury Trial ,
Medicare ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Statutory Authority ,
Whistleblowers
If you know, you know. The government’s less familiar version — if most know, the defendant knows — just got a boost from the Supreme Court of the United States, which recently held that Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) did...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT and immediately set off a firestorm. An AI chatbot that can write stories, plays, poems, and essays; pass licensing and other exams; produce code; engage in conversations; and...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more
Last month in a speech at Georgetown University Law Center, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., announced revisions to the Department of Justice’s Corporate Enforcement Policy, to apply to all corporate...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more
On the same day that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the filing of criminal charges against 36 defendants for alleged schemes involving more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent telemedicine claims, the U.S....more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics.
In this edition, we analyze a recent Eleventh Circuit decision addressing False Claims Act penalties and the...more
2/28/2022
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Discount Pricing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OIG ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Since April 2020, through the CARES Act, the government has provided billions of dollars in emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including through...more
2/15/2022
/ Bank Fraud ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Kickbacks ,
Loan Applications ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Small Business ,
Wire Fraud
In late December, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its decision in Yates v. Pinellas Hematology & Oncology, P.A. The appellate court affirmed the district court’s imposition of damages and...more
2/2/2022
/ Appeals ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Certification Requirements ,
CLIA ,
Clinical Laboratory Testing ,
Damages ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Excessive Fines Clause ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Penalties ,
Reimbursements ,
Statutory Violations
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more
2/1/2022
/ Advertising ,
Biden v Missouri ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Food & Drug Regulations ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
OPDP ,
Opioid ,
OSHA ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Supply Chain ,
Vaccinations
The end of 2021 was marked by several significant developments in the wave of litigation that has resulted from the opioid crisis of the last several years. These developments, however, are sufficiently inconsistent that it...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics.
In this edition, we discuss recent criticism of the Justice Department’s use of “taint teams” to review...more
In a recent Advisory Opinion, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) stated that, although the Arrangement would generate prohibited remuneration, it would not impose...more
The year 2021 will likely be seen as a defining moment in the history of cybersecurity enforcement. For the healthcare industry and government contractors, in particular, the government’s expanding focus on cybersecurity...more
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics.
In this edition, we discuss a recent Florida district court case involving prosecutorial misconduct resulting...more
8/30/2021
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Attorney Misconduct ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Ethics Breach ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Investigations ,
Privileged Documents ,
Wage-Fixing
As the pandemic slowly recedes, leaving a host of hastily-enacted funding and programs in its wake, the government’s recovery and clean-up efforts are well underway. In April and May 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...more
5/20/2021
/ Bank Fraud ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Loans ,
Money Laundering ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food & Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community and highlights articles from members of our Food & Drug practice, as well as from...more
2/25/2021
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Biologics ,
Biotechnology ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Investigations ,
Life Sciences ,
Marketing ,
OPDP ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Warning Letters
On February 11, 2020, AGG’s Government Investigations practice chairs, Aaron M. Danzig and Sara M. Lord, conducted a webinar, titled “Life Sciences Investigations and Enforcement Actions: 2020 Year in Review and 2021...more
2/19/2021
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Biotechnology ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Life Sciences ,
OIG ,
Penalties ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Speaker Programs
With bipartisan support and overriding (for the first and only time during the Trump presidency) a presidential veto, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) on January 1, 2021.1 As part of the NDAA,...more
On October 31, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a Notice in the Federal Register seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for the collection of information through, among other...more
11/19/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Independent Contractors ,
Investigations ,
Lenders ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Loans ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Questionnaires ,
SBA
AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more
Six months into the largest and most extensive economic relief program in American history, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) are now grappling with the potential for fraud...more