Demanding more impact from impact litigation: lessons to be learned from multi-state opioid settlements
By Reuben Guttman and Liza Vertinsky, July 25, 2022 In the 1990s, state Attorneys General learned how to leverage their resources when they retained private counsel to sue the...
Whistleblowers and fears of losing funds key to enforcing U.S. vaccine rules
Workplace whistleblowers and a fear of losing federal funds are expected to play vital roles in ensuring compliance with COVID-19 vaccine mandates ordered by President Joe Biden’s administration...
Reuben A. Guttman, District of Columbia Fellow, Co-Publishes “Pretrial Advocacy”
District of Columbia Fellow Reuben A. Guttman has co-authored a new book, “Pretrial Advocacy,” to be released by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. (Now available in print and e-book here...
Book: New Pretrial Advocacy Book Addresses New Norms in Transformed Field of Litigation
A new book on pretrial advocacy, published this week by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and Wolters Kluwer, takes on a world of litigation that has been radically transformed in...
On the Rule of Law: Now is the Time to Rethink the Role of Law Schools
In his opening remarks to a Senate Judiciary Committee charged with reviewing his nomination to be Attorney General of the United States, Judge Merrick Garland noted that “communities of color an...
Oglethorpe Inc. Agrees to Pay $10.25 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit
Florida based Oglethorpe Inc. and it's three Ohio treatment facilities will pay $10.25 million to settle allegations of illegal patient kickback provisions, unnecessary inpatient admission, and...
With Biden Team Focused On Other Crises, Experts Say Drug Epidemic Is Exploding
"It's a front-burner issue on any day of the week but not on this day... And that's a real problem," says firm Partner Reuben Guttman of the Biden administration's current handle on the nations u...
Insitu Inc. to Settle False Claims Allegations for $25 million
Washington State company Insitu Inc., an unmanned aerial vehicle contractor, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it submitted false cost and pricing data for determination of...