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‘Whole-of-Government Approach’ Targets Healthcare Fraud From Every Angle

Cooley LLP on 7/31/2025

Just months after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) designated healthcare fraud as one of its key criminal enforcement priorities, two recent announcements underscore the federal government’s continued focus on combating...more

DOJ and HHS Relaunch False Claims Act Working Group, Sharpen Healthcare Enforcement Priorities

White & Case LLP on 7/21/2025

On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the reestablishment of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act (FCA) Working Group. While the two agencies...more

Breaking Precedent: Florida Court Declares False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions Unconstitutional

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 10/18/2024

On September 30, 2024, Judge Kathryn Mizelle of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a noteworthy decision in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC, holding that the qui...more

True Facts About False Claims: MoFo's FCA Newsletter - October 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/11/2023

Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more

Breaking: Eye Products Supplier Facing $841 Million Judgment After Jury Returns Verdict In Decade-Long FCA Litigation

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 3/1/2023

After a rare False Claims Act (FCA) trial, a St. Paul federal jury has returned a verdict for the government in United States, ex rel. Kipp Fesenmaier v. Cameron-Ehlen Group, Inc., No. 0:13-cv-03003 (D. Minn.). The jury...more

Investigations Newsletter: DME Provider to Plead Guilty to $109 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

ArentFox Schiff on 8/3/2020

DME Provider to Plead Guilty to $109 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme - A Florida-based individual was charged with one count of health care fraud and one count of payment of kickbacks in connection with a federal health care...more

Investigations Newsletter: Whistleblower Collects on Cybersecurity FCA Case

ArentFox Schiff on 8/19/2019

Whistleblower Collects on Cybersecurity FCA Case - On July 31, 2019, Cisco Systems agreed to pay $8.6 million in civil damages to settle claims that it sold video surveillance technology with known security flaws to several...more

Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/7/2018

Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

Enforcement and Litigation Strategies: Skadden’s Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/30/2018

On March 15, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Seminar in Palo Alto, California, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry. The...more

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

BakerHostetler on 10/14/2015

Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

Supreme Court Declines to Opine on Circuit Split Over Rule 9(b) Pleading Requirements for FCA Claims

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/7/2014

On March 31, 2014, in U.S. ex rel. Nathan v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding a district...more

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