High Court False Claims Ruling Underscores Communication Is Key
Federal contractors should avoid taking unjustifiable risks when interpreting regulations—and then submitting bills to the US government— if they want to stay out of False Claims Act trouble....
CLE: The Art of Drafting and Responding to Effective Demand Letters
Telephone Seminar, 6/21/2023, Noon - 1:30 | Learn the latest on The Art of Drafting and Responding to Effective Demand Letters CLE with this convenient, telephonic seminar with visual access to w...
On Demand CLE: Pretrial False Claims Act Litigation
Federal Bar Association Webinar - Recorded May 3, 2023 The False Claims Act, which dates back to the Lincoln Administration, provides the government the right to pursue individuals or entities...
Whistleblowers accuse Erlanger of illegal billing for concurrent surgeries that left patients unsupervised
A federal whistleblower lawsuit filed against Erlanger Health System accuses hospital leaders of illegal billing practices by knowingly overlapping surgeries and allowing trainees to operate on p...
UPMC, head of cardiothoracic surgery will pay $8.5M to feds to settle lawsuit
"Patients don’t know their doctors are serving two masters." UPMC, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon there and a physicians group will pay the federal government $8.5 million to settle a law...
CLE: Demand Letters and Pre-Complaint Settlement
Program Summary Civil litigation is no more than a process to resolve disputes. Most cases never go to trial because the process is designed to provide parties with sufficient information abou...
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...