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DLA Piper

False Claims Act Year in Review: 2024

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The US government and private plaintiffs use the False Claims Act (FCA) – a federal statute originally enacted in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the American Civil War – to combat various forms of fraud...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC Proposes First of its Kind $4.5 Million Penalty on Voice Provider for Alleged Know-Your-Customer Failures

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On February 4, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) against voice service provider Telnyx LLC (Telnyx) for alleged violations of the...more

BCLP

Medical Device Company Settles Fraud Charges With SEC, Agrees to Pay $175m Civil Penalty and Retain Compliance Consultant

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On December 16, 2024, the SEC announced settled charges against Becton, Dickinson and Company for misleading investors about risks associated with its continued sales of one of its key products and overstating its income by...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: March 1, 2024

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

OIG Enforcement Summary: July 16, 2022 – July 31, 2022

The following is a summary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported are...more

WilmerHale

CFTC 2020 Enforcement and Regulatory Developments and a Look Forward

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2020 saw continuity in CFTC leadership, programs, and direction from 2019. Overall, the Commission enjoyed an unusually heavy rulemaking calendar and continued the direction of its enforcement program from 2019. On the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Scripps Pays $10M for Alleged FCA Violations; Whistleblower Warned of 'Soft Money Policy'

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (September 24, 2020) What the federal government—and a whistleblower—allege were False Claims Act (FCA) violations actually resulted from an “accounting discrepancy,” according to the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 16. News Briefs: April 2020 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 16 (April 27, 2020) - The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has proposed a rule on civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for information blocking and fraud related to HHS grants, contracts...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Food supply chains under increasing scrutiny

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 20 (Oct. 24, 2019) - The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a monetary penalty for “greenwashing” last month, the first such penalty imposed on a company for falsely...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: DOJ Policies Aim to Reduce Enforcement Burden on Cooperating Entities

The Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to be continuing to revamp its approach to companies suspected of financial crimes, and emphasize the importance of prosecutions of individuals. In a number of speeches in 2018, senior...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Got DBE Fraud Skeletons?

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Every Halloween, the cute traditional images re-emerge from our closets and the attics. Ghosts, gravestones, plastic pumpkins, and perhaps the most common of all – skeletons. Given the recent heightened status of...more

The Volkov Law Group

Look What DOJ Found – A New Enforcement Tool: FIRREA

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The Justice Department recently read through the United States Code and discovered something important — a statute that authorizes the government to issue administrative subpoenas to build massive civil fraud cases that carry...more

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