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$40 Million Settlement With Bitcoin Billionaire And Company Shows The D.C. False Claims Act’s New Tax Provision Has Sharp Teeth

Takeaways: •The Office of the Attorney General for D.C. announced a $40 million settlement with Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy, Inc., marking the largest income tax recovery in D.C. history. •The resolution arose from a...more

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New York Expands False Claims Act Tax Liability for Non-Filers

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law new legislation expanding the reach of the New York False Claims Act (NYFCA) to entities that fail to file tax returns in New York. Unlike the federal False Claims Act...more

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Notice of Appeal - A quarterly newsletter reviewing Third Circuit opinions impacting white collar defense lawyers - Winter 2022

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Defendants Cannot Move for Compassionate Release Based Solely on Post-Sentencing Cooperation- United States v. Claude (October 27, 2021), No. 20-3563- BACKGROUND- Defendant sought compassionate release to reduce his...more

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End “Repeal by Delay” in the IRS Whistleblower Program

In 2006 Congress passed a qui tam whistleblower . It covered both tax frauds and underpayments, and also targeted illegal and undeclared offshore accounts secretly held by thousands of U.S. taxpayers. The law promised...more

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Amending DC’s False Claims Act: Expansion of the DC AG’s Power Through Removal of the Tax Bar

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On January 13, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020 (the Amendment), which expanded liability under the D.C. False Claims Act (D.C. FCA) to encompass tax-related claims. The...more

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District of Columbia Expands False Claims Act to Include Qui Tam Tax Fraud Actions

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The enforcement of the District's tax laws had previously been left exclusively to government agencies; a newly enacted bill will make the District one of a few jurisdictions to allow relators to bring qui tam suits alleging...more

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D.C. Expands False Claims Act Liability to Tax-Related Claims: What District Taxpayers Should Expect

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Earlier this month, the District of Columbia Council passed an amendment to its False Claims Act, which extended the Act to include tax-related claims. Under the amended D.C. False Claims Act, violations may be alleged...more

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New York Legislation Proposes to Retroactively Remove FCA Culpability Standard for Tax Law Claims

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With Halloween just a few weeks away, a scary proposal is brewing in the New York State Legislature that should give taxpayers chills. Companion bills Assembly Bill 11066 and Senate Bill 8872 were recently introduced by...more

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Nonprofit Hospital System and Physician Practice Reach $10 Million Settlement for False Claims Act Allegations

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Nonprofit Hospital System and Physician Practice Reach $10 Million Settlement for False Claims Act Allegations - Centra Health Inc., a nonprofit hospital system, and Blue Ridge Ear, Nose, Throat and Plastic Surgery, Inc.,...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Manufacturer to Pay Over $37.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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DOJ News - Manufacturer to Pay Over $37.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations - On January 15, 2015, the DOJ announced that ResMed Corp., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment, agreed to pay over...more

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New York AG Settles Tax Fraud Case against Lantheus Medical Imaging For $6.2 Million

Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. – formerly, Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging – recently agreed to pay $6.2 million to settle a qui tam suit alleging that it committed tax fraud. The plaintiff, a Lantheus tax servicer,...more

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