Podcast - Cybersecurity Roundup: Analyzing New and Proposed Rules for Contractors
AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law Podcast - Episode 3: Cybersecurity and FCA Compliance: Essential Insights for Tech Leaders
False Claims Act Insights - Are All Healthcare “Kickbacks” Subject to FCA Liability?
False Claims Act Insights - If Everything Matters, Nothing Does: Parsing Materiality in FCA Disputes
False Claims Act Insights - Assessing the Fallout from a Thermonuclear FCA Verdict
False Claims Act Insights - Eureka! Government Investigators Seek Out Research Misconduct
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 1: Gov. Contracts and Cybersecurity
False Claims Act Insights - Physician, Refer Thyself: How Stark Law and FCA Intersect
False Claims Act Insights - The Art and Science of Corporate Compliance in Managing FCA Risk
The Latest on Healthcare Enforcement
False Claims Act Insights - Railroaded! How to Approach the Twin Tracks of Parallel Proceedings
FCA Uncovered: Mitigating Risk in the Regulatory Spotlight — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
False Claims Act Insights - Are We Done Here? The Unique Dynamics of FCA Settlements
False Claims Act Insights - Help! I Got a Civil Investigative Demand from DOJ. What Do I Do?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 186: White Collar Crimes in Healthcare with Maynard Nexsen’s White Collar Team
False Claims Act Insights - Think You Know Whistleblowers? Think Again.
PilieroMazza Annual Review What DOJ’s Annual FCA Report Means for Government Contractors
Protecting Our Nation’s Data: Cybersecurity Compliance for Government Contractors
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
In 2020, when former President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law, the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) referred to previous guidance to indicate that businesses...more
Hospitals and other providers should brace for recoupment of possibly hundreds of millions of dollars they were reportedly overpaid for services provided under the COVID-19 uninsured program (UIP) in the wake of new audit...more
The U.S. Justice Department recently announced an increased nationwide coordinated law enforcement effort aimed at combatting COVID-related fraud. The initiative seeks to identify and prosecute individuals and companies who...more
Unfortunately, the PPP Loan fall-out is far from over. As we noted in the last blog on PPP issues, we are seeing a number of PPP Forgiveness denials for a number of different reasons, and, along with that, we are seeing the...more
There is almost universal agreement regarding predictions for 2022 federal enforcement in the following areas: ..The use of fraudulently obtained COVID relief funds in both healthcare and in general, but specifically as...more
As most of the population is aware, to try and preserve the economy and businesses viable during the COVID-19 pandemic, congress passed the CARES Act. That bill included the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), in which small...more
Federal government enforcement in the telemedicine space continues to escalate, with three separate announcements in just the last three weeks regarding criminal and civil telemedicine-related actions. These enforcement...more
After an eight-day trial, a federal jury convicted four California residents for their scheme to submit fraudulent loan applications seeking millions of dollars in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury...more
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the first form of federal relief prepared specifically for restaurants is likely to be delivered soon. Many restaurants have benefited from Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans,...more
While the CARES Act provided much needed funding, it wasn’t a handout for healthcare providers. There are strings attached, explains Stephen Shaver, an attorney with Wachler & Associates and author of the Chapter “Revenue...more
The large volume of relief funding distributed by the government in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic will be the source of enforcement and regulatory scrutiny for years to come. During this webinar – the first in a...more
Senior DOJ Official Michael Granston Discusses COVID Relief Enforcement, Granston Memo, and other FCA Issues - Michael Granston, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ Civil Division, sat down this week with Jody...more
Last month, I had the privilege of being a panelist during the Federal Bar Association’s 2021 Qui Tam Conference. Referred to as “the Oscars for False Claims Act nerds,” this year’s conference included such speakers as...more
DOJ’s 2020 False Claims Act Recoveries Lowest Since 2008 - On January 14, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it obtained more than $2.2 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving...more
BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS - Purchase Agreement Components, Part 2: Indemnification Provisions - In an acquisition, particularly an equity acquisition, a buyer must perform extensive due diligence on the target company to...more
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) created through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act offered much-needed financial relief to businesses directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the...more
CARES Act - The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act (P.L. 116-136) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides over $2 trillion of...more
[co-author: Daniel Weinstein] - CARES Act, Payroll Protection, and Medicare Advance Payment Programs - This document was last updated on July 20, 2020 to reflect changes made by the Department of Health and Human...more
We previously discussed how recipients of payments from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) are at risk for allegations of fraud and specifically addressed how these recipients may become targets of False Claims Act (FCA)...more
In April 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed a plan to disperse $175 billion in funding for health care providers allocated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and...more
This is the third in a series of client alerts addressing the likely role of the False Claims Act in the wake of the massive federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The healthcare industry is no stranger to...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released an interim final rule to reflect changes made by H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act,...more
On May 27, 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released additional guidance in the form of revised Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”), along with forms and agreements, on the Main Street Lending Program...more
With $3 trillion of stimulus money already disbursed and $3 trillion more scheduled to be distributed to the American people in the near future, we’re taking a look at the type of oversight provisions included in the CARES...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized a rule to strengthen and modernize regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt...more