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Email Payment Scams: Assume the Worst

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Cybercriminals will continue intercepting electronic fund transfers (EFTs) until EFT participants slow down, read, and ask questions, particularly in response to emails requesting last-minute changes to payment methods (e.g.,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

PAID Back: DOL Revives Voluntary Self-Audit Program

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The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, for the first time, certain FMLA...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

False Claims Act Insights - The Mathematics of Nuclear FCA Verdicts

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Host Jonathan Porter welcomes back to the show Husch Blackwell attorney Tanner Cook to talk about the trial penalties associated with False Claims Act (FCA) litigation. The conversation begins with a short summary of how...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Defendant Bore Risk Of Loss Due To Fraud When It Wired Settlement Proceeds To Imposter

Thomas v. Corbyn Restaurant Dev. Corp., 111 Cal. App. 5th 439 (2025) - The parties involved in this personal injury lawsuit settled the case for $475,000. An unknown third-party purporting to be plaintiff’s counsel sent...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Title IX Legal Challenges Mount as Colleges and Universities Enter New Revenue-Sharing Landscape

Higher education institutions and student-athletes are navigating continuing uncertainty about institutional revenue-sharing payments and the Title IX implications of the landmark House v. NCAA settlement....more

Clark Hill PLC

Key lessons on the False Claims Act for government contractors after Raytheon’s $8.4 million settlement

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Government contractors should be on high alert following the recent announcement that Raytheon Company, its parent RTX Corporation, and Nightwing Group, LLC, have agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations of violating...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employers Won’t Face Double Damages from DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Administrative Proceedings

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued new internal guidance that significantly changes its approach to administrative settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Field Assistance...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Navigating The Claims Seas: What Insurance Defense Attorneys Wish Claims Professionals Knew

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In the vast ocean of insurance claims, navigating the turbulent waters can be challenging for both claims professionals and insurance defense attorneys. To ensure smooth sailing, it is crucial for claims professionals to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 28, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast which brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

Roetzel & Andress

The Trend of Threatening Physicians for Personal Gain

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In this new episode of the HealthLaw HotSpot podcast, host Ericka Adler is joined by Roetzel litigation shareholder Michael Scotti to explore a growing and deeply concerning issue in health care: patients using threats, such...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: June 13, 2025. The All Boeing Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Film Room: Handling House stress

Stress levels ratchet up as the membership continues to wait for an approved House settlement. In this week’s Film Room, we offer practical steps to take now to best move through the uncertainty....more

Baker Donelson

Insider Threats Are Just as Dangerous as Ransomware – Lessons from the Latest OCR HIPAA Settlement

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What's New? On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an $800,000 settlement with a large Florida-based health care provider over potential violations of the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The Business Value of Engaging a Litigator Before You Are In Court

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The point when what began as a negotiation, or even a conversation, ripens into a full-blown lawsuit is rarely clear. Yet it is certainly clear that the courtroom is not where any of the parties to a once-promising business...more

Cozen O'Connor

Q and A With A Former OSHA Assistant Area Director

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Today, OSHA Chronicle (“OC”) sits down with safety and health consultant John Bednarik (“JB”). OC: Hi John. To start, can you share your safety and health background with our readers? JB: Of course. Prior to starting my...more

Dentons

Ep. 63 – Speaking Fees and Safe Harbors: Lessons from a $202M AKS Settlement

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In April, a pharmaceutical manufacturer agreed to pay a $202 million settlement to resolve allegations of Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) violations. At the heart of the case were speaker programs, where physicians and...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

False Claims Act Insights - How Payment Suspensions Can Impact FCA Litigation

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Host Jonathan Porter welcomes to the show Husch Blackwell partner Bryan Nowicki, a Madison-based member of the firm’s Healthcare group, to discuss payment suspensions involving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more

Hogan Lovells

Seeing the light: rights of light in the post protocol era and early resolution of disputes

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We were delighted to be joined by our panel of leading rights of light experts, including Paul Tonkin and Jonathan Karas KC - the authors of the rights of light protocol - and Nathasha Bray and Jerome Webb, who were part of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Contractors and Grant Recipients Beware: False Claims Act Risk in Termination Settlements

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A significant number of government contracts and grants have been terminated recently by federal agencies pursuant to the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) "cost efficiency initiative" and review of "covered...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

PIH Health Settles HIPAA Violations for $600,000

PIH Health, a health care entity located in California, suffered a data breach in June 2019 when 45 employee email accounts were compromised in a targeted phishing campaign. The accounts contained the protected health...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Derivative Suit Exposure: More Art Than Science

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Derivative suits are a topic of discussion that continues to challenge directors, officers, and insurers alike. The issue is particularly fraught for individual directors and officers because Delaware-incorporated companies...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

The Process is the Punishment: The Hidden Benefit of Advance Asset Protection Planning

Over the past few decades much has been written about the benefits of engaging in asset protection planning to protect one’s legacy from future unknown, unforeseen lawsuits and other third-party claims. Antidotally, those of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

U.S. Sanctions Enforcement: 2024 Lessons Learned and 2025 Expectations

As the third month of the second Trump administration comes to a close, the lack of any public enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctions watchers...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Personality Types: Recognizing and Handling Six Different Types of Participants at Mediation

No two mediations are the same. Not only are the facts of each case different, but the litigants have different motivations, concerns and ways of presenting their thoughts and ideas. The goals and styles of presentation of...more

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