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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB dismisses five enforcement actions voluntarily

On February 27, the CFPB voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice, five additional enforcement actions it filed during the Biden administration: All enforcement actions were filed in federal courts, as opposed to using...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SCOTUS Skeptical About Limits on DOJ’s Dismissal Authority in FCA Cases

On December 6, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. As previously reported, this case raises whether the government has the authority to dismiss a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act - 2021 Year in Review

The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Bradley False Claims Act Year in Review. In that decade, much has remained the same in FCA enforcement. To start with the obvious: It continues to result in billions of dollars...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Providers and Healthcare Enforcement in 2021: Biden, COVID-19 and FCA Updates Impacting Your Business - April 12th, 1:00...

The large volume of relief funding distributed by the government in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic will be the source of enforcement and regulatory scrutiny for years to come. During this webinar – the first in a...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement - March 24th - 25th, 8:15 am - 4:45 pm...

THE ONLY EVENT WHERE YOU'LL HEAR FROM Government, In-house Counsel, The Judiciary, the Defense & Relator’s Bar - ACI’s 8th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement will address the underlying...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Recent Developments in False Claims Act Pleading Standards

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released its report detailing the settlements and judgments obtained in 2019 from civil cases involving fraud and abuse claims. As in years past, the substantial majority of these...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Justice Department Touts FY2019 False Claims Act Statistics As Evidence Of Administration’s “High Priority” Against Fraud, But The...

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Earlier this month, the United States Department of Justice issued a press release to announce recoveries of over $3 billion from False Claims Act cases in FY2019. In making the announcement, Assistant Attorney General Jody...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Enforcement Year-in-Review and 2020 Outlook: Civil Fraud Enforcement Developments and Trends

As discussed in our article recently published by Law360, 2019 brought yet another year of robust health care enforcement activity, and the False Claims Act (FCA) remains the government’s most powerful civil health care...more

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White Collar Year in Preview: False Claims Act Trends in 2020

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed anti-corruption trends in 2020. Up next: a look...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Telemarketing Business Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million to Settle FCA Allegations of Telemedicine Scheme

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Telemarketing Business Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million to Settle FCA Allegations of Telemedicine Scheme - The US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, in collaboration with the US Attorney’s Office for the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Three Years After Escobar: Lessons Learned Regarding Plaintiffs’ Efforts To Neutralize Escobar and Opportunities This Practice...

• Escobar doctrinally and conceptually transformed the FCA. • Relators and the government have developed strategies to neutralize Escobar. • Defendants must avoid certain new traps that could enhance their exposure to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Health Care Enforcement Quarterly Roundup - Q4 | January 2019

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This latest installment of the Health Care Enforcement Quarterly Roundup reflects on trends that persisted in 2018 and those emerging trends that will carry us into 2019 and beyond. Leading off with the US Department of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2018 Year in Review

INTRODUCTION - Unlike some recent years, 2018 was somewhat short on headline grabbing news related to the False Claims Act (FCA). There were, to be sure, significant developments in the courts and within the Department of...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Year End Review: A Look Back…A Look Ahead

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Perhaps the single most appropriate word to describe the current state of the civil and criminal healthcare fraud enforcement environment is uncertainty. From changes in personnel and policy at the highest levels of...more

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Justice Department Issues Memo Limiting Use of Agency Guidance in Affirmative Civil Enforcement Suits

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On January 25, Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand issued a memorandum to all components of the Department of Justice with civil litigating authority limiting the use of agency guidance documents in affirmative civil...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Department of Justice Memorandum Provides Guidance for Evaluating Dismissal of Qui Tam FCA Cases

• Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a memorandum detailing seven nonexhaustive factors to be considered by its attorneys in making the important determination of whether to dismiss False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Department of Justice Delivers Some Good News to the Healthcare Industry: New False Claims Act Guidance Predicts More...

The DOJ is empowered under the FCA to seek dismissal of unmeritorious qui tam suits brought in its name. The DOJ has historically used this power sparingly. We are happy to report, however, that more dismissals may be on the...more

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