Key Takeaways - The First Circuit ruled in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that the government must prove but-for causation to establish False Claims Act (FCA) liability based on violations of the...more
2/21/2025
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Compliance ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Risk Management ,
Safe Harbors ,
Whistleblowers
A tool long-favored by the plaintiffs' bar to extract big judgments and settlements from individuals and companies – the False Claims Act (FCA) – which allows individual whistleblowers to pursue alleged civil wrongdoers in...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a ruling on August 23, 2024, vacating a 2021 Final Rule of the Department of Labor (DOL), which limited the circumstances under which employers can claim a "tip...more
On August 7, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its highly anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to its proposal for the implementation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently released its anticipated rulemaking priorities in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the Agenda). ...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision (the Epic Systems decision) regarding the enforceability of employee arbitration agreements that include class/collective action waivers. ...more
5/23/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS