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RICO Anti-Kickback Statute

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EpiPen RICO Ruling Opens Door for Private AKS Enforcement

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A federal district court recently decided that private litigants may proceed in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) lawsuit predicated on violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The plaintiffs...more

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DOJ Criminal Health Care Enforcement: It’s Not Just for Federal Programs Anymore

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On July 10, 2020, in United States v. Ruan, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of two Alabama doctors for running an opiate “pill mill.” Among many other things, the government charged that the doctors used...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Dialogue With Corporate Counsel: Skadden’s Ninth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Seminar

On October 22, 2019, Skadden hosted our Ninth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues companies face throughout the industry. The key...more

Butler Snow LLP

Walking the Line Between Marketing and Malfeasance

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Opioid manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and prescribers are facing a deluge of lawsuits that involve criminal and civil claims in both federal and state courts. On May 2, 2019, a federal jury in Boston, Massachusetts,...more

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Mintz Levin Health Care Qui Tam Update - February 2019

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Overview of Qui Tam Activity - We identified 49 health care-related qui tam cases that were unsealed in September and October 2018. The government intervened in whole or in part in 10 of those 49 unsealed cases, which...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Health Care Enforcement Quarterly Roundup - Q4 | January 2019

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This latest installment of the Health Care Enforcement Quarterly Roundup reflects on trends that persisted in 2018 and those emerging trends that will carry us into 2019 and beyond. Leading off with the US Department of...more

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DOJ Continues Aggressive Enforcement Action Against Opioid Manufacturers

Recently the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a statement that it had intervened in a False Claims Act (FCA) case against Insys Therapeutics, Inc. and consolidated five separate qui tam cases into one case, U.S. ex rel...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

FCA Issues to Watch: Pharmaceutical and Device Developments | INSIDE THE FCA

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The government’s FCA enforcement efforts have continued to focus on key areas concerning the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. In fact, drug and device manufacturers accounted for nearly half of the enforcement...more

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