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DOJ Secures First of Its Kind Cybersecurity False Claims Act Settlement

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On July 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that biotechnology company Illumina Inc. agreed to pay $9.8 million plus interest to resolve allegations of misrepresenting compliance with federal...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] 2021 South America Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 4th, 8:55 am - 6:00 pm BRT

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Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Disregard Compliance at Your Peril: Compliance Officer Paid As Whistleblower

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A medical device manufacturer learned what might seem an obvious lesson when it paid $18 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit brought by its former Compliance Officer: don’t ignore your compliance officer. The federal...more

The Volkov Law Group

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Pays More than $108 Million to Settle Kickback Violations

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Just to repeat myself – pharmaceutical and medical device firms face extraordinary risks of enforcement under the False Claims Act.  While everyone likes to write and focus on FCPA or anti-corruption risks for global drug and...more

A&O Shearman

Medical Device Manufacturer Enters Into Second FCPA Settlement In Five Years With SEC

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On September 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settlement with a Michigan-based manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, over allegations that the company had violated the books and...more

The Volkov Law Group

Stryker Suffers “Strike Two” and Settles SEC FCPA Case

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Stryker Corporation has suffered a second FCPA enforcement action, and will now bear the stigma of FCPA “recidivist.” In reaching a settlement with the SEC and agreeing to pay a $7.8 million civil penalty, Stryker will now...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers and FCPA Enforcement

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If I told you that the last seven batting titles were won by baseball players who were originally from Venezuela, would you immediately run down to ICE and claim that our national pastime had been overrun by Venezuelan...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

When Customer Supply Contracts Lead to Trouble: Exclusive Dealing Provisions Result in FTC Monopolization Action against Invibio

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to aggressively enforce the antitrust laws. On April 27, 2016, the FTC took action against Victrex, plc and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Invibio, Inc. and Invibio Limited...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Future of Government Regulation, Enforcement of Off-Label Promotion"

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Three years ago, in United States v. Caronia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) neither prohibits nor criminalizes truthful, nonmisleading speech that...more

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