The Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Island Industries Inc. v. Sigma Corporation, coupled with recent government pronouncements concerning trade enforcement, are likely to drive an increase in customs fraud FCA...more
In the latest edition of our False Claims Act Guide: 2021 and the road ahead, we analyze the key developments from 2021 and discuss how the most important cases and issues are shaping FCA enforcement now and in the year to...more
On October 28, 2019 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) announcing their joint approach to False Claims Act (FCA)...more
11/6/2019
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Administrative Review Board ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Failure to Comply ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HUD ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Penalties ,
Qui Tam ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Remedies ,
Taxonomy
More than two years after the Northern District of Alabama granted summary judgment in a False Claims Act (FCA) case in favor of AseraCare Inc., holding that “contradiction based on clinical judgment or opinion alone cannot...more
9/11/2019
/ Bifurcation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False-Certification of Conformance ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospice ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare ,
Physicians ,
Qui Tam ,
Remand ,
Terminal Illness Treatments ,
Vacated ,
Whistleblowers
The pace of False Claims Act (FCA) litigation remained furious over the past year. Companies (and individuals) in all sectors of the economy continue to face the ever-present threat of FCA enforcement whenever they do...more
1/22/2019
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Implied Certification Theory ,
Fraud ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Implied Certification ,
Materiality ,
Qui Tam ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
US Trade Policies ,
Whistleblowers