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Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Announces Updated White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revised Policies

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DOJ Announces Updated White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revised Policies - Earlier this week, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) introduced a new white-collar enforcement plan, which sets...more

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Speaker Program Settlement Highlights Compliance Risks for Life Sciences Companies

On April 29, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced a $202 million civil False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with Gilead based on allegations that the company’s speaker program...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Government Investigations Team Insights - February 2025

AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors and federal agency attorneys, has successfully represented...more

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Swing and a Miss: the Government Strikes Out in Pharmacy Executive Kickback Trial

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Last week, the government submitted its decision to the federal court not to retry partially-acquitted pharmacy executive, Chad Beene, for conspiracy and illegal kickback allegations. At the end of last year, a New Jersey...more

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District Court Grants Summary Judgment Win to False Claims Act Defendants, Adopting But-For Causation Standard for Claims Based on...

Courts continue to reject aggressive Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) allegations. Most recently, on January 6, 2025, Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a qui tam action...more

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FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Fall 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance...more

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Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Limitations on Anti-Kickback Statute: What This Means for Enforcement of Corruption, Kickbacks...

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On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case concerning the “willfulness” element of the Anti-Kickback Statute (the “AKS”). This decision leaves intact a recent Second Circuit holding, which established...more

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The Department of Justice’s COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force 2024 Report: A Continued Commitment to Combatting COVID-19-Related...

Since the pandemic, COVID-19-related fraud has been a consistent target of the Department of Justice....more

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Private Equity Firms Should Prepare for Increased Scrutiny as DOJ Puts False Claims Violations Under the Microscope

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Private equity investment in health care has grown significantly over the past two decades, and the US government is starting to pay attention. Recent announcements by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and proposals by...more

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The False Claims Act and Health Care: 2023 Recoveries and 2024 Outlook

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On 22 February 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) published the statistics for federal civil fraud recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The DOJ announced that the “government and whistleblowers were party to 543...more

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Ep. 12 - Working with Valuation Experts to Substantiate Fair Market Value Compensation

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We often work with valuation experts to ensure compensation payments between healthcare organizations and physicians are fair market value and commercially reasonable for purposes of compliance with the Stark Law and the...more

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DOJ Releases False Claims Act Statistics for Fiscal Year 2023

On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its False Claims Act (FCA) statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Using DOJ’s FY 2023 Data Table and our analysis from previous years, MoFo’s FCA team...more

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Recent Fraud Settlements: DOJ Values Voluntary Self-Disclosure and Corporate Cooperation

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The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) conduct since announcing its February 22, 2023, Voluntary Self Disclosure (VSD) policy, demonstrates that the government continues to place a premium on corporate cooperation in both criminal...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 11th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement - January 23rd - 24th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 11th Annual Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement returns for another exciting year for lively discussions on FCA enforcement including the ramifications of two...more

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Special Fraud Alert Released by OIG Following Nationwide Arrest of Dozens Accused in Telehealth Scams

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On July 20, 2022, the Department of Justice announced charges against 36 criminal defendants across 13 different federal districts for healthcare fraud violations resulting in Government losses in excess of $1.2 billion. The...more

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White Collar Year in Preview: Healthcare Fraud Trends in 2020

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

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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

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Three Pharmaceutical Companies Pay a Total of $122 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations Involving Co-Pay Assistance Foundations

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In a significant False Claims Act enforcement action, DOJ announced settlements with three pharmaceutical companies – Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Lundbeck, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals – under which they agreed to pay $122 million...more

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Department of Justice Announces Significant False Claims Act Settlements Tied to Electronic Health Records Arrangements

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced two high-dollar False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions involving allegedly fraudulent arrangements tied to the implementation and use of electronic health record systems...more

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Hospitals and Physician Relationships – Navigating Stark, AKS and Fraud Risks (Part III of III)

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Chief compliance officers at hospitals face a crushing burden of risks. The HHS-OIG has vigorously scrutinized hospitals compensation of physicians, especially for potential anti-kickback and Stark law violations. Most of...more

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Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Company Payments to Healthcare Professionals (Part II of III)

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Given the significant risks posed by transfers of money and other items of value to physicians, pharmaceutical and medical device companies have to implement appropriate controls governing such payments. ...more

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Compliance Lessons from the Olympus Corporate Integrity Agreement – Part I

The recent Olympus Corporation and related entities (collectively ‘Olympus’) enforcement action demonstrated a company seemingly dedicated to lying, cheating and stealing its way across the globe in search of almighty dollar....more

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