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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

DOJ National Security Division Issues Second Declination Since Issuance of Revised Corporate Enforcement Policy

On April 30, 2025, the National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the declination of prosecution against the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a federal government contractor,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Private-pay “crime stoppers”: Digesting the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division launched its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“Criminal Whistleblower Program”) in August of 2024 to encourage tips for various types of fraud, including...more

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Making Compliance Your New Year's Resolution

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As we begin a new year, it is the perfect time for companies subject to any government agreement to renew their focus on compliance. These binding resolutions require ongoing diligence to avoid civil and potentially criminal...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Petition for Certiorari Filed in Supreme Court in False Claims Act Case Seeking Review of Whether “Willful” Under the...

The Supreme Court now has the opportunity to define “willfulness” under the federal criminal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). In a declined qui tam case filed against McKesson Corporation, a pharmaceutical wholesaler, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Pilot Program Promises Non-Prosecution Agreements to Individuals Reporting Fraud, Bribery and Other Corporate Crimes

On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Criminal Division unveiled a new Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals that offers non-prosecution agreements (NPAs) to individuals who voluntarily...more

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DOJ Shows No Sign of Slowing Down Prosecution of Individuals Connected to FCA Cases

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Following a record year for False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments in 2021, the Department of Justice (”DOJ”) continues to aggressively pursue the prosecution of not only corporations, but also the individuals...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Enforcement Spotlight: US Prosecutors Continue To Target Medical Technology Companies

Health care fraud continues to be a top enforcement priority for U.S. prosecutors, and nowhere is this more true than for the medical technology sector. From 2014-2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought enforcement...more

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Tokyo Dispute Resolution and Crisis Management Newsletter - January 2019

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Significant White Collar Developments at the U.S. Department of Justice: 2018 in Review - Amid the daily barrage of news stories from the US relating to the Robert Mueller investigation, the opioid epidemic and the U.S....more

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White Collar Watch (December 2018 • No. 3)

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NOTE FROM THE EDITORS - All of us here at Blank Rome wish you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season and start to 2019. We are pleased to present our final 2018 edition of White Collar Watch, which includes timely...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

DOJ Eases Requirement for Obtaining Cooperation Credit in False Claims Act Cases

In September 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Sally Q. Yates announced, in a memorandum (the “Yates Memo”), that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would place greater emphasis on pursuing individuals for corporate...more

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“Yates Memo” Edited to Grant Prosecutors More Flexibility in Civil Cases

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On Sept. 9, 2015, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo requiring federal prosecutors to investigate any individuals responsible for illegal corporate conduct before settling a case. This applied to both...more

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Yates Memo's Influence Felt in DOJ Health Care Enforcement

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In September 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memorandum titled "Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing." In it, she stressed that one of the most effective ways to combat corporate misconduct is...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

White Collar Enforcement and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

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Enforcement activity under the Obama administration often made headlines for the eye-popping level of fines, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and economic sanctions...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

2016 – Health Law Year in Review

We are pleased to present our annual review of developments in the field of health law. The year was marked by key changes in False Claims Act jurisprudence and Medicare payment policy. 2016 also brought with it focused...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Yates Memo – A Warning to Execs and Employees: Effects of Expanding the DOJ’s Efforts to Combat Corporate Wrongdoing and Hold...

“The buck needs to stop somewhere where corporate misconduct is concerned,” said Attorney General Eric Holder in a September 17, 2014 speech to NYU School of Law. He went on to say that “corporations are structured to blur...more

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