On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice – Criminal Division, released a memo (the “Memo”), outlining the DOJ’s priorities with respect to the investigation and prosecution of…
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/ Criminal Law, Health, International Law & Trade
Starting on May 18, 2025, the Pennsylvania Automobile Lemon Law will include motorcycles for the first time as, “new motor vehicles.”
Specifically, the law to go in effect particularly advises that the term, “new motor…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Transportation
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that commissions are considered “wages” under New Jersey’s Wage Payment Law (“NJWPL”). This decision—which allows employees whose commissions are not timely paid to recover 200% of the…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
The past few decades have seen a Supreme Court receptive to claims brought on the basis of freedom of religion. For example, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (June 2014), the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
On July 7, 2024, the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act (“UFLAA”), 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 7371-7398, became effective. Prior to its enactment, Pennsylvania only had the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (“RUAA”), which is better…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Family Law
Last week a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Thompson v. United States, 2025 WL 876266 (2025), holding that a statement that is literally true but allegedly misleading, is not a “false statement” under 18 U.S.C…
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/ Criminal Law, Finance & Banking
For at least five years, under both Republican and Democrat administrations, there has been a focus on private equity actors in the healthcare space. Since at least 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has focused on private…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Health
On March 20, 2025, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recognized “Intent-Based Parentage” as a pathway to legal parenthood in the Commonwealth. In the landmark decision of Glover v. Junior, the court recognized previously…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Family Law
For those of us who select juries in state and federal courts throughout the United States, we wonder out loud how this process will evolve after President Trump’s trials and appeals are all concluded or terminated. Many of us…
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/ Civil Procedure, Law Practice Products & Services
In 2004, Appellant, Brenda Andrew was convicted in Oklahoma of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for participating in the homicide of her husband to collect his life insurance policy. Andrew was…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
On February 14, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signaled some “love” for whistleblowers and the future of the CFTC’s whistleblower program when announcing that Brian Young had been appointed as a new…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Finance & Banking
When I litigated False Claims Act (FCA) cases at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), it was common practice for settlements to require Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) setting forth ongoing duties and responsibilities for…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Government Contracting
Without Congressional action, the authority of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) will sunset on March 27, 2025. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted in March 2020…
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/ Government Contracting
Over the last 15 years, private equity (“PE”) firms have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the healthcare sector, infiltrating every corner of the industry from emergency rooms and labs to billing providers and dental…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
Fraud related to hospital services – both inpatient and outpatient – has led to over $511 million in damages and hundreds of millions of dollars in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements over the past 15 years. The ER has been aptly…
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/ Government Contracting, Health, Professional Malpractice
