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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Winter Freeze on Rulemaking but Compliance Heat Remains: What EO 7 Means for Healthcare Providers

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As New Jersey endures one of its coldest winters in recent memory, and with local groundhogs predicting six more weeks of winter, the state’s regulatory landscape has also entered a temporary freeze. On January 23, 2026,...more

Hogan Lovells

Business interruption insurance: lessons from Covid-19, five years on

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With the limitation clock running down for covid-19 business interruption (BI) claims in the UK, Hogan Lovells partner Lydia Savill, counsel Sara Bradstock and associate Sophie Warren offer key insights for insurance...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Medicare Telehealth Flexibilities Extended Through December 2027

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As a follow-up to our post earlier this week, President Trump has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (CAA). The law extends key COVID-19 era Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Doctrines of Frustration of Purpose and Impossibility Apply Only When the Agreement’s Purpose is Completely Defeated, Not...

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The doctrine of frustration of purpose is narrowly applied. “In order to invoke the doctrine of frustration of purpose, the frustrated purpose must be so completely the basis of the contract that, as both parties understood,...more

Roetzel & Andress

Medicare Telehealth Expansion Continues Under New Federal Extension

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Providers that rely on telehealth for Medicare patients can continue to do so as a result of an extension of the Medicare telehealth rules that were originally implemented during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOJ Announces All-Time High in False Claims Act Recoveries: Healthcare Providers, Government Contractors in the Crosshairs

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments exceeded $6.8 billion in fiscal year 2025, marking the largest annual recovery reported in the statute’s history. With a...more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

Medicare Telehealth Rules After January 30, 2026: What Practitioners Need to Know Now

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During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the federal government eased some of the restrictions placed on the provision of health care services through telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries. ...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DOJ Enforcement of Clinical Laboratories: Trends from Q4 2025

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The final quarter of 2025 saw continued enforcement actions against clinical labs and other related healthcare entities. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Department of Justice (DOJ) heavily focused on False Claims...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Song Remains the Same – Medicare Telehealth Services At Risk of Expiring Again on January 30, 2026

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Healthcare providers are currently facing yet another termination of Medicare telehealth flexibilities at the end of the day on January 30, 2026, unless Congress acts on proposals to further extend the COVID-era flexibilities...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ Announces Record-Breaking $6.8 Billion FCA Recoveries in FY 2025

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced recently that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $6.8 billion in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 — the highest single-year total in the...more

Marshall Dennehey

New Jersey Supreme Court Affirms Essential Employee Status for Teachers in COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Case

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Giuseppe Amato v. Twp. of Ocean School District, No. A-31-24 (Dec. 11, 2025) - The main issue in this appeal was whether a teacher was an essential employee who was entitled to a rebuttable presumption that getting COVID-19...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Government Contracts Enforcement: DOJ Publishes Fiscal Year 2025 False Claims Act Statistics

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has published its statistics on False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments for fiscal year (FY) 2025, revealing an unprecedented, record-breaking year for enforcement. According to...more

Alston & Bird

False Claims Act Actions and Recoveries on the Rise: What Companies Need to Know Entering 2026

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) closed out its biggest False Claims Act (FCA) recovery year with more than $6.8 billion recovered, driven by record-breaking whistleblower activity and aggressive enforcement across health...more

Venable LLP

Kwong Decision Provides Opportunity for Refunds of Penalty and Interest

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The recent decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims in Kwong v. United States, No. 23-267 (Fed. Cl. Nov. 25, 2025), provides a potential tax refund opportunity for taxpayers who paid underpayment interest and/or...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 01.22.2026

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Massachusetts AG Wins Early Round in Sports Betting...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Set New Record, Exceeding $6.8 Billion in FY 2025

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments surpassed $6.8 billion in FY 2025—the highest single-year total in FCA history....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Key Takeaways from DOJ’s FY 2025 False Claims Act Report

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a record-breaking $6.8 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments for fiscal year 2025 – the largest annual recovery in the FCA’s history. Up roughly 120%...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

NJ Healthcare Providers Are Impacted by Termination of Longstanding Pandemic-Era Emergency Declarations by January 16th Executive...

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On January 16, 2026, former Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 415, marking a critical return to New Jersey’s pre-pandemic regulatory framework for certain healthcare providers. While the Executive Order immediately...more

Hogan Lovells

Final Report of the COVID-19 Counter-Fraud Commissioner: takeaways for public bodies and corporates

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Tom Hayhoe's final report as COVID-19 Counter-Fraud Commissioner estimates that fraud, error and waste across more than 140 pandemic support schemes cost UK taxpayers £10.9 billion. Out of this, only around £1.8 billion has...more

Littler

DOJ's False Claims Act Report for FY 2025 Shows Biggest Total Monetary Recoveries Yet, Provides Insight on FY 2026 Priorities

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According to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) January 16, 2026 press release, the DOJ reported a record $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) for the fiscal year ending September 30,...more

K&L Gates LLP

US Department of Justice Announces US$6.8 Billion in Fiscal Year 2025 False Claims Act Recoveries

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This alert provides a summary and takeaways from the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent announcement of False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. ...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

False Claims Act Insights: Key Takeaways from DOJ’s Fiscal Year 2025 Cases & Recoveries

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced last week that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) exceeded $6.8 billion in fiscal year 2025—a record-breaking figure and the highest in a single year...more

Blank Rome LLP

DOJ Announces Record-Breaking False Claims Act Recoveries in FY 2025: What the Stats Portend for 2026

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Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025 yielded a historic high of over $6.8 billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments, underscoring the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) aggressive enforcement. DOJ’s annual report,...more

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DEA Extends COVID-Era Telemedicine Flexibilities to December 31, 2026

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On December 31, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced that that they were issuing a Fourth Temporary Extension of the COVID-19 Telemedicine...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas AG Settles Lawsuit That Cracked Down on COVID-Era Egg Prices

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On January 15, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced that the state had settled its long-running lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. over the prices that the company charged for eggs in the first months of the...more

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