Join us for the 2024 North Carolina CLE Institute, Hosted by Williams Mullen, a virtual legal education program designed to provide timely legal guidance and help you to secure your CLE credits....more
2/5/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Ethics ,
North Carolina ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trolls ,
Patents ,
Privacy Laws ,
Webinars
In a press release issued on February 1, 2022, the Department of Justice announced that its fiscal year 2021 recoveries on False Claims Act settlements and judgments totaled over $5.6 billion. This number represents the...more
On March 30, 2021, the reality television world was rocked by news that Jen Shah, the tempestuous breakout star of the first season of Bravo’s newest hit, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (RHOSLC), was arrested on...more
10/4/2021
/ Celebrities ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
FBI ,
Indictments ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Transfer ,
Offshore Funds ,
Target Letters ,
Telemarketing ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
This program will trace investigatory tactics and legal concepts from their blue-collar roots and discuss their application in a white-collar context, including:
- Discussion of how the criminal justice system, and the...more
9/24/2020
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Government Investigations ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Qualified Immunity ,
Webinars ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
As the impact of COVID-19 was rippling through the American economy, business owners saw the PPP as a lifeline. The promise of a quick infusion of capital to keep their businesses operational and the opportunity to have these...more
Federal Stimulus and Oversight -
On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which included among its provisions the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP...more
Many people reasonably expect that when the government is targeting a company or individual for some adverse action, they will know it—there will be a lawsuit, an indictment, or some other clear demarcating event. ...more
8/16/2019
/ Audits ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Investigation Demand ,
Durable Medical Equipment ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicare ,
RAC Audits ,
Risk Management ,
Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs)
In Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt, the Supreme Court expanded the time in which False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuits may be filed by qui tam relators in which the government does not intervene. The Court...more
5/21/2019
/ Appeals ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Cochise Consultancy Inc v United States ex rel Hunt ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Intervenors ,
Limitation Periods ,
Qui Tam ,
Reaffirmation ,
Relators ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar