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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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Six Essential Tips for Complying with FAR Cost Principles

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In honor of the release of the 6th Edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are sharing six essential tips for government contractors to ensure compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) cost...more

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Anti-Fraud & Sunshine Update

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Staying up-to-date with fraud enforcement trends and recent cases and settlements can sometimes be viewed as a “Glass Half Empty” perspective, focusing on negative aspects of the industry and the perceived threat of...more

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DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Secures More Than $9 Million in Two False Claims Act Settlements for Alleged Cybersecurity...

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Last fall, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“CCFI”) as part of its effort to “combat new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Briefing Regarding FCA Circuit Split Continues Before The Supreme Court

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Briefing Regarding FCA Circuit Split Continues Before The Supreme Court - In response to a recent DOJ filing, a hospice whistleblower claimed that the DOJ failed to substantiate its claim that circuit courts have similar...more

Cozen O'Connor

In extremis — PPP Money Is Not “Free” So Applicants & Recipients Need to Beware

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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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 11. In This Month’s E-News: November 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 11 (November, 2021) - A professor in the University of Washington (UW) College of Engineering allegedly falsified award documents submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

A Second Wave Of COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement: An Emerging Risk For Businesses

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On March 26, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a press release trumpeting the agency’s “historic level of enforcement action” in response to COVID-19 related fraud. Roughly one year after Congress passed the $2.2...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Continued Payments by the VA Won’t Stop Qui Tam When It Comes to Purported Fraud on Veterans

In the latest instance of courts interpreting the Supreme Court’s landmark False Claims Act ruling in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. Escobar, the Eleventh Circuit recently departed from the trend of giving great weight in...more

Oberheiden P.C.

For Business Owners, Allegations of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Fraud Can Lead to Steep Federal Penalties

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While there has been a lot of controversy in the media surrounding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), there is no question that the program has served as an invaluable lifeline to many small and medium-sized businesses...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tips for the Unwary: Precautions Against Liability for Healthcare Businesses Receiving CARES Act Funds

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided trillions in economic relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including hundreds of billions of dollars in aid for the healthcare industry....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 6. In This Month's E-News: June 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 6 (June 2020) - A former assistant veterinary medicine professor at the University of Maryland will retract or correct seven papers published from 2013 to 2016 that contained reused or...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 16. News Briefs: April 2020 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 16 (April 27, 2020) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has proposed a rule on civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for information blocking and fraud related to HHS grants, contracts...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Despite its earlier agreement to repay just $5,442 in costs questioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, the University of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

US China Trade War Developments –Trade, False Claims Act, Patents, US/Chinese Antitrust And Securities

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On December 3, 2013, former Congressman Don Bonker of APCO and I will be speaking in Vancouver, Canada at a breakfast conference held by the American Chamber of Commerce on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership Demystified: A...more

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