News & Analysis as of

Settlement Grants

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

What VC Fund Settlement Means For DEI Grant Programs

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on

On Sept. 11, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund that ran a minority grant program, and an advocacy group founded by longtime diversity, equity and inclusion opponent Edward Blum, surprised many DEI advocates by announcing...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Fearless Fund Settles: Settlement Will Shape Law on Race-Based Grantmaking in Eleventh Circuit While Leaving Issue Unresolved...

Over the last year, we have monitored a lawsuit in Georgia that alleged a hedge fund (“Fearless Fund”) violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981—the federal prohibition on racial discrimination in contracting—by operating a grant contest...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Settlement Roundup: Heart-Valve Replacements, Federal Research Grants, and Clinical Laboratory Marketing

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced settlements involving alleged noncompliance with Medicare billing requirements for heart-valve replacement surgeries, false statements in federal funding research grants, and...more

Benesch

The “China Initiative” Just Won’t Die - Recent DOJ Settlement Highlights the Lasting Effect of Trump-Era Policy on Health Care...

Benesch on

In 2022, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its decision to shut down the “China Initiative”—the controversial program used to investigate and prosecute academics, health care workers, and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. - Hunter College Whistleblower: Suit Was to End ‘Luxury Vacations, Fraud...

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. February 23, 2023 - To those who say whistleblowers are only interested in the money a settlement can bring, meet Devin English. An assistant professor in the Department of...more

King & Spalding

University of North Texas Health Science Center Agrees to Pay $13 Million to Settle Claims Involving Federal Grants

King & Spalding on

On February 16, 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced that the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) had agreed to pay $13,073,000 to the United States to settle...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Preliminary Approval of Settlement in California AG Class Action Alleging Cathode Ray Tube Price Fixing - Settlement Funds to be...

The San Francisco Superior Court recently granted preliminary approval of the settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General, alleging that many California government entities were harmed by...more

King & Spalding

Northwestern University Settles Cancer Research False Claims Act Lawsuit

King & Spalding on

On July 30, 2013, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced that Northwestern University entered a settlement agreement to pay the United States $2.9 million to settle False Claims...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Update Your Compliance Programs to Address Increased Federal Scrutiny of Academic Research and Grant Funding

Holland & Knight LLP on

The federal government has stepped-up its enforcement efforts in the areas of academic research and grant funding. Just this week, Northwestern University agreed to pay $2.93 million to settle a federal whistleblower suit...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide