Regulations, Compliance, & Enforcement
Second Circuit Adopts Prevailing Federal AKS Scienter Interpretation While Reviving State FCA Claims Over Potentially Different State AKS Scienter Standards
Arnold & Porter – The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of federal FCA claims against...
Defendants May Have Pleaded Guilty to a Bribery Scheme But that Doesn’t Mean the Civil FCA Case Against Them is a Slam Dunk
The defendants pleaded guilty to bribery in connection with government contracts. The government then brought...
Bust Those Banks! Whistleblower Wins Big in Record Breaking $70 Million Illinois False Claims Act Settlement
Tycko & Zavareei – A historic settlement was reached in an Illinois False Claims Act case...
Gamma Healthcare and Three of Its Owners Agree to Pay $13.6 Million for Allegedly Billing Medicare for Lab Tests That Were Not Ordered or...
Department of Justice – A Missouri lab and three of its owners have agreed to...
Ability One Committee – Procurement List; Proposed Deletions
The Committee is proposing to delete product(s) and service(s) from the Procurement List that were...
Ability One Committee – Procurement List; Deletions
This action deletes product(s) from the Procurement List that were furnished by nonprofit agencies employing...
OFAC Settles First Case in 2024: EFG, a Private Bank, Pays $3.7 Million for Sanctions Violations
Volkov Law – While managing a comprehensive set of sanctions against the Russian Federation in...
The SEC’s Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures: A Guide for In-House Counsel
Bracewell – The SEC’s recently adopted rules governing climate-related disclosures, although significantly pared back from...
The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too
Skadden — The U.S. government’s increasing use of AI and other data analytics tools to...
OFCCP Contractor Portal to Open April 1
Jackson Lewis – OFCCP has updated its Contractor Portal website with details for this year’s...
Florida Lab Owner Admits $30 Million Medicare Fraud
Department of Justice – A Florida man has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare by billing...
Ability One Committee – Supporting Competition in the AbilityOne Program
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee), operating as...