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Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Enforcement Actions Involving COVID-19 Relief Fraud: An Update

Soon after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) in March 2020, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) moved quickly to address potential COVID-19 related...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 10. News Briefs: March 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 10 (March 16, 2020) - ? Millennium Physicians Association PLLC, which owns two sleep centers in the Houston area, has paid $1,248,964 to settle false claims allegations over sleep...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

D.C. Circuit Expands U.S. Prosecutors' Reach Over Foreign Bank Documents

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In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court order compelling three Chinese banks (not currently identified) to produce financial records in response to subpoenas...more

Epiq

The Price of Data

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“We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it.” This is the beginning of a letter written by Mark Zuckerberg, featured in full-page ads in the Washington Post, the New York Times,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Cyberattacks Are the New Norm - How to respond and get insurance recovery for government investigations.

Takeaways - Companies that suffer cyberattacks can expect not sympathy but scrutiny from legal authorities. - D&O insurance can cover not only litigation but also investigation costs. - Strategic negotiation of...more

Jones Day

New York Appellate Court Curtails NY AG Investigatory Subpoena on Constitutional Grounds

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On June 21, 2017, a New York appellate court curtailed on constitutional grounds an investigative subpoena issued by the New York Attorney General. In the Matter of Evergreen Assoc., Inc., 54 N.Y.S.2d. 135 (App. Div. 2017)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross Border Investigations Update - July 2017

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases and enforcement trends, including the new Criminal Finances Act 2017, increased regulatory scrutiny of Chinese companies...more

Snell & Wilmer

New Fed Policy Eliminates Ability of Settlement Options to Include Payments to Non-Party NGOs

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On June 7, 2017, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum to all Department of Justice (DOJ) components and 94 United States Attorney’s Offices prohibiting them from entering into any agreement on...more

Snell & Wilmer

You’re Fired: What Impact Will Sally Yates’ Departure Have on the DOJ’s Fraud Enforcement?

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As most of the world now knows, President Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates last week after she declined to defend the President’s travel ban. Dana Boente has replaced Ms. Yates, but he may not be long for the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Investigators Continue to Scrutinize Climate Change Disclosures

Critics Claim “Intimidation” - Earlier this month, on September 14, 2016, feuding parties gathered before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to address the legitimacy of subpoenas sent to the New York...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

When Attorneys General Attack: AGs’ Aggressive Investigation of Climate Change Disclosures, and Getting Your Insurer to Provide...

Who’s afraid of New York’s Martin Act? Right now, a lot of Wall Street and energy industry companies, that’s who. Why are they concerned about the Martin Act? Because it grants the New York State Office of the Attorney...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Kamala Harris Puts Exxon Under Her Microscope: California AG Reportedly Has Launched Review of Oil Giant’s Statements On Climate...

Students of history know that fighting a two front war is a hazard to be avoided. According to the L.A. Times, however, that is precisely the dilemma that now faces Exxon Mobil: dual investigations from attorneys general on...more

King & Spalding

State Attorneys General Investigations and Enforcement: What to Expect in 2016

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In recent years, state Attorneys General (“state AGs”) have significantly increased their investigative and enforcement efforts across a wide range of industries and matters, and these new efforts present a growing challenge...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Massachusetts Attorney General Investigations Open New Front in Equal Pay Battle

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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office recently issued a wave of information requests to employers in the Commonwealth seeking data on how companies pay their employees. Unlike familiar requests from the AG’s Fair Labor...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2015 #3

With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...more

Bracewell LLP

DOJ: Companies, Serve Up Your Executives!

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On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an internal memorandum regarding individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing. The memo, authored by Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, is aimed...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

The Corporate Practice Prohibition in New York: What We Can Learn From the ADMI Settlement

One of the most frequently asked questions posed to healthcare lawyers is whether State X has a prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine, nursing or other profession, and if so, whether the prohibition is enforced. ...more

FordHarrison

How to Effectively Handle a Wage and Hour Government Investigation

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According to recent studies, companies paid $400 million in 2014 and $39 million in the first three months of 2015 to settle wage and hour lawsuits exclusively. Aside from the ever-increasing threat of private wage and hour...more

BakerHostetler

Deeper Dive: Healthcare Incidents Involving More Than 500 Individuals Are Investigated 100 Percent of the Time

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We have released the inaugural BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides insights generated from the review of more than 200 incidents that our attorneys advised on in 2014. The report confirms the...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Key Takeaways from Government Enforcement Panel at ACI Sunshine Conference

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Recently, representatives from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) for the Office of...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

AAG Caldwell Provides Guidance on Adequate Compliance Programs

Recently confirmed Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division, Leslie Caldwell, has laid out her views as to what comprises the “hallmarks of good compliance programs.” In her new position,...more

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